Samsung Internet Browser

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

About this app

Samsung Internet 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 Internet with tiles and complication feature is available on Galaxy Watch devices that support Wear OS. (※ Galaxy Watch4 series and models released later)

■ New Features for you
* Recommendation to close old tabs
If you have a large number of tabs open in your browser, a list of older, less-used tabs you might want to close is provided via the “Tab manager” menu

■ Security & Privacy
Samsung Internet 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 Internet 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

Ratings and reviews

Not that great. Limited addons; adblocks are not customizable, in themselves, and are downloaded from the samsung store app, instead of, within the browser. Browser popup blocker misses popups in many websites, no matter what setting you make in the privacy. No ublock origin addon in the list, which is a much better adblocker than others, and more customizable, plus it has a hardened popup blocker, that blocks what the browser misses. I had to disable it, because it can't be uninstalled.🫤

I've tried to like Samsung Internet, but it's just a constant source of frustration. The biggest issue is the persistent, unbearable lag. Pages take forever to load, scrolling is choppy, and sometimes the whole app just freezes for a few seconds, making simple browsing a chore. I've cleared the cache, deleted my browsing data, and closed all my tabs more times than I can count, but the problem always comes back. To make matters worse, I'm constantly getting the same updates over and over again.

What happened to this app?? Since the update, tabs now crash CONSTANTLY while browsing pages on my a10e and it's nearly impossible to type anything in let alone scroll any pages. I use this browser frequently and until now, it's barely given me any trouble. I am hoping the next update will fix the issue and will save me the headache of having to download another browser.

What’s new

v28.0.0.59
* Recommendation to close old tabs
* Fixed bugs and improved stability