Samsung Browser

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.

Samsung Browser with tiles and complication feature is available on Galaxy Watch devices that support Wear OS (※ Galaxy Watch 4 series and models released later)

■ New Features for you
* Supports text search within images
You can search for text included in images in 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

[Wear OS Optional permissions]
Location: Used to provide location-based content requested by the user or location information requested by the webpage in use
Microphone: Used to provide recording function on webpage

Ratings and reviews

It's a great browser. Pretty straightforward and isn't really laggy unlike most browsers whatsoever, plus, it also has nifty features as well. Speaking of which, that is where the issue comes in, particularly, the "Background Play" feature this browser has suddenly stopped working as intended. I was on a website trying to listen to some music but all the sudden, it just doesn't play anymore whenever I leave the browser or go to another tab. Really hope you guys see this review and fix it ASAP.

I like the clean design. I can read walls and walls of text and not be distracted by the controls. For example, i can choose to hide the scroll bar so my eyes won't be distracted. If i want to have more customization, it's easy to make changes. For example, the "back to top" button which is quite handy. On some websites, their "built-in" back-to-top button may trigger an advertisement, which i hate. Speaking of advertisements, reader mode and ad blocker are both great options.

The update has given me a horrible everyday experience. Whenever I try to type in the URL bar, I can only get 1 or 2 letters in before the keyboard collapses on its own and I have to click the URL bar again to continue typing. This alone made me stop using this app because it is so inconvenient as I search things up multiple times a day. Also, before the update I was able to find a word/phrase in a body of text through typing the word/phrase in the URL bar, but now I can't. Very frustrating.

What’s new

v30.0.0.67
* Fixed bugs and improved stability