Samsung Browser Beta

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

About this app

Samsung Browser provides the best web browsing experience for you with Video Assistant, Dark Mode, Customize menu, Extensions such as Translator, and by protecting your privacy with Secret mode, Smart Anti-Tracking and Smart Protection.

■ New Features for you
* Support for searching text within images
You can search for text included in images using the "Find on Page" menu.

■ Security & Privacy
Samsung Browser helps you protect your security and privacy while browsing the Internet.

* Smart Anti-Tracking
Intelligently identify domains which have cross-site tracking ability and block storage (cookie) access.

* Protected Browsing
We will warn you before you can view known malicious sites to prevent you from visiting web sites which may try to steal your data.

* Content Blockers
Samsung Browser for Android allows 3rd party apps to provide filters for content blocking, making browsing safer and more streamlined.

The following permissions are required for the app service.
For optional permissions, the default functionality of the service is turned on, but not allowed.

[Required permissions]
none

[Optional permissions]
Location: Used to provide location-based content requested by the user or location information requested by the webpage in use
Camera: Used to provide webpage shooting function and QR code shooting function
Microphone: Used to provide recording function on webpage
Phone: (Android 11) Requires access permission to check the mobile phone information in order to provide country-specific feature optimization
Nearby devices: (Android 12 or higher) To find and connect to nearby Bluetooth devices when requested by the website
Music and audio: (Android 13 or higher) To upload audio files on webpages
Photos and videos: (Android 13 or higher) To upload photos and videos on webpages
Files and media: (Android 12) To upload files stored in storage spaces on webpages
Storage: (Android 11 or lower) To upload files stored in storage spaces on webpages
Notifications: (Android 13 or higher) To display the download progress and website notifications

Ratings and reviews

You need to add an option on settings where the user can add their search engine of choice. I cannot use Startpage as my default search engine on this browser. Thus, I cannot use it. Which is a pity, because no other browser has a night mode as good as this one's (provided they even have one, which is pretty rare already) and the one handed UI is a long overdue essential addition to smartphones these days, which won't stop getting bigger year after year. TLDR: Custom search engine, please. You also have a very annoying notification button that partially covers the page. I find that button completely useless and unnecessary. What's the point of having it? You either enable or disable notifications once. Maybe later on, you decide to disable it. But it is not something that you are doing every single time you visit the webpage. Thus, having the button always there telling me that notifications are disabled for that page is pointless. You want a notification button, that's fine, but hide it somewhere instead of having it cover the content of the page I want to see.

It's number 1 in my top 5 list for android browsers. It has the best adblock settings & by far the best download manager. No large downloads have failed once on it unlike others I've used including Edge & Chrome, that have failed downloads at least a few times. But loading web pages is a bit slow compared to other browsers in my top 5.

I’m a regular user of Samsung Internet. While the new wallpapers and UI look great, some changes feel like a downgrade. The 'Shortcut Menu' was much more useful when it was at the bottom and fully customizable. Other apps like Samsung Gallery are evolving well with One UI, but these browser changes feel like a step backward in usability. I hope you’ll consider bringing back the previous customization options. Thank you for the great work!

What’s new

v30.0.0.63
* Supports text search within images