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

Had the recent issue where all apps stopped working that used webview. I took the standard update the next day, which was better, but still had issues. For instance, if I was in gmail, the last email content would overlay the email listings partially, blocking all navigation. I had to close the app and reopen to proceed. This beta version seems to work better. No issues so far.

This install works when the standard latest webview won't install. The problem is some services still won't work properly. It only works because it allows you to use the last version that worked on your phone and for me that is well over a year old. My phone works with version 80 and the latest version is in the 90's already. I'm using samsung galaxy s10+ My phone was still new when this stopped working.

Having ongoing issues with all versions - prod, beta of this app working for a few hours, then various unrelated apps stop opening or crash report - discord, play store, google app, chrome, camera. Reboot, works for an hour or less, then happens again. Also signs out of apps like Facebook, Playstation, and forgets all of my saved wifi logins. Sometimes just goes to a Samsung screen and I have to uninstall or disable webview and boot into safe mode. Been happening since I upgraded to Android 12.

What's new

Initial release.