Unfortunately, this PDF viewing hasn’t been in the Android app and we have instead had to use 3rd party apps, like Google Drive to do what Chrome on desktops has done.

Amid the flurry of Android news as part of Google's annual I/O Conference last week, a news item that slipped through the cracks was that Adobe released a native PDF reading app for Android phones ...

Files by Google is preparing some upgrades to its internal PDF viewer. Right now, the app’s PDF support is bare-bones, with external apps like Drive doing the heavy lifting. These upgrades will ...

Google's Files app is gaining more PDF handling tools independently of Drive on Android 15. The app features zoom, text selection, search, and the ability to unlock password-protected PDFs. The ...

First spotted by @leopeva64 last month and now confirmed working by Android expert Mishaal Rahman for Android Authority, Google Chrome can already open PDFs inline using Android's built-in PDF reader.