Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet

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About this app

Kiwi Browser is made to browse the internet, read news, watch videos and listen to music, without annoyances.

Browse in peace.

Kiwi is based on Chromium and WebKit, the engine that powers the most popular browser in the world so you won't lose your habits.

We hope you'll love Kiwi as much as we do.

Note for power users and supporters: We have a Discord (chat) community where you can discuss development and share ideas: https://discordapp.com/invite/XyMppQq


Main Features:
★ Based on the very best Chromium

★ Incredible page load speed 🚀
Thanks to our very optimised rendering engine, we are able to display web pages super fast.

★ Super strong pop-ups blocker that really works

★ Supports many extensions

★ Unlock Facebook Web Messenger
Go to m.facebook.com and chat with your friends without having to install FB application.


More goodness:
★ Night mode with customizable contrast and grayscale mode.
100% contrast = pure AMOLED black (actually turns off pixels) - recommended!
101% contrast = pure AMOLED black + white text

★ Bottom address bar

★ Manage websites that appear on the homepage
Long-press to move or delete the tiles, click the [+] to add a new website.

★ Disable AMP (Settings, Privacy)

★ Block annoying notifications

★ Block slow and invasive trackers to protect your privacy.

★ Translation into 60 languages.

★ Import / Export bookmarks.

★ Custom Downloads folder
Choose where your downloaded files are stored.
Note: On certain Android versions, when you uninstall an app, Android also removes your downloads.
Keep it in mind if you manipulate Kiwi (to backup bookmarks file) or transfer to another device.

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Advanced users:
If you want to open links with an external application, you can long-press on the link, or change the default setting in Settings, Accessibility.

To add a new search engine, go to your favorite search engine, and do a couple of searches, and then go to Settings, Search Engine.

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Kiwi Browser is very new, and still in test. Please help us by sending a little e-mail if you see crashes, bugs or just want to say Hi 😊

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Made in Estonia

Ratings and reviews

A good mobile browser offering all the features we ought to have. Full add-on and userscript support, and devtools, means we can fully customize our browsing experience to our liking, and we have the power to fix issues we run into across the web. The UI is serviceable, pages load fast enough, and we have the power to meaningfully control our browsing experience; it's most of what a capable desktop browser would offer. Points lost because you have to root your phone to access downloaded files.

This is the best Android browser I've tried yet. It looks and acts like Chrome but has the ability to use Chrome extensions, which Chrome itself cannot even do. That alone is a game changer. It's also quite fast and has some cool options, such as putting the search bar on the bottom. I think I have found my permanent browser.

A game changer for Samsung DeX! I was using Chrome, choosing "Desktop site", but some sites such as Gmail would force me to use a mobile version because the browser still showed "Android". Kiwi browser is the answer I was looking for. It can act as a true desktop browser, complete with dev console and extension support! This allows you to change your "user agent" to mimic Windows or Mac for true desktop browsing in DeX. Tip: Install the "User-Agent Switcher for Chrome" extension.

What's new

This update includes the following changes:

1. Upgraded internal components used for rendering web pages (no user interface changes).
2. Resolved issue with News not getting displayed on homepage.
3. Resolved issue with Web Store not accepting to install extensions.
4. Added recommendations / best practices when installing extensions for the first time.

Enjoy!