Samsung Internet for Android

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Samsung Internet for Android is a mobile web browser for smartphones and phablets developed by Samsung. It is based on the open source Chromium project. It is pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy devices. Since 2015, it has been available for download from the Google Play Store. According to StatCounter data, it had a market share of around 7% (among 37% for all Chrome variants) around October 2016, with Samsung estimating that it had around 400 million monthly active users at that time.

According to Samsung, most of the code differences to the standard Chromium code base were introduced in order to support Samsung-specific hardware, such as Gear VR and biometric sensors.

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History

Samsung Internet replaced the stock Android browser as the default on Samsung Galaxy devices in 2012. Around early 2013, it was decided to base the brower on Chromium, and the first Chromium-based version was shipped with an S4 model later that year.

Version 4 was released in early 2016, adding support for content blocking extensions, service workers and push notifications.

Version 5 was released on December 16, 2016, adding support for Web Payment, enhanced video assistant and upgraded the web engine to Chromium 51.2704.

Version 5.4 was released as a public beta in March 2017. The stable version was subsequently released worldwide in May 2017, following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8.

Version 6.2 was released on October 30, 2017, adding night and high-contrast readability modes, quick enabling of content blockers, bookmarks syncing, CSS grid support and Samsung Pay outside the US.

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Support

The latest version (v5.4) of Samsung Internet for Android supports Samsung Galaxy and Google Nexus phones with Android 5.0 and above.

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Features

• "Secret mode" and biometric authentication.
• Content blocking extensions.
• Gear VR and DeX integration.
• Support for service workers and Push API.

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External links

• Samsung Internet Developer hub

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References

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