Android System WebView Beta

Google LLC

About this app

Android WebView is a pre-installed system component from Google that allows Android apps to display web content. The Beta version updates weekly.

Ratings and reviews

Didn't fix the problem. Selected it as default, uninstalled previous version, restarted phone multiple times, and permutations thereof. Can't get through a full song or article. Crash bang boom. Every time. Better type this review quickly! I don't want to give Apple my money, but what is the alternative? A phone that I can't use apps on??! Where is the proactive customer communication?

For some reason when I'm on the Beta WebView, the Web previews won't load within my Google Messages app, for RCS chats where someone sent me a URL. When I change back to the standard WebView in Developer Options, the previews work again.

Until we hear a comment from Google about the notorious freezing of Webview on Android 10 devices, even just an acknowledgement that the issue exists and it's being looked into, this gets 1 star from me. Frequent freezing on my OnePlus (about once every 5 minutes, I get 2 on average during a 10 minute video) makes this completely unusable. Hopefully this 1 star review will help to raise awareness of the issue and drives Google to comment on it. Until it is fixed I am forced to use Firefox only.

What’s new

Initial release.