Kiwi Browser - Fast & Quiet

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Contains ads

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

So far, so good! Like Google's Chrome Browser for Android where it counts (sites display correctly, interactive forms work), but I can install and use Desktop Chrome Extensions like uBlock Origin. What a relief that is! Chrome on Android itself often slows down/freezes up on my smartphone, because any page I'm on gets flooded with ads I can't turn off or block. Kiwi has the best of both worlds - mobile Chrome compatibility where it counts, Desktop extensions when you want them! Hope that stays!

This is one of the few apps that actually have a good browser a little glitches and bugs. Sometimes the connection doesn't work and the page doesn't load, but you can fix that with a refresh or reopen. The app also has extensions unlike other browser apps, you can't get worldwide and already made extensions.

After a seemingly endless search, I've been using this as my primary browser on my Galaxy A54 for several months now. There are many things I like. However, I've noticed in recent weeks that Kiwi frequently freezes for several seconds after switching apps or unlocking my phone. It's super annoying to have to wait on an unresponsive web browser when I switch back to it from my recent apps or unlock my phone. I really hope this issue is resolved very soon, as I'm dreading browser hunting again.

What's new

Updated Chromium engine to the latest extended support version of Chromium.
This version of Kiwi contains all the latest Chromium security improvements, including CVE-2023-5129.
This issue (known as WebP) is not specific to Chromium, and affects nearly all applications that can display an image on Android or on a computer so updating all your applications is strongly recommended.