VLC Media Player. MacX YouTube Downloader. Microsoft Office YTD Video Downloader. Adobe Photoshop CC. VirtualDJ Avast Free Security. WhatsApp Messenger. Talking Tom Cat. Clash of Clans. Subway Surfers. TubeMate 3. Google Play. Log4j software bug. NASA probe touches the sun. Spider-Man: No Way Home review. I found that that only a few sites that I read regularly were registered with Brave's BAT tokens, but this will obviously vary greatly from user to user. The browser itself covers all of the basics and adds a couple of nice touches, such as the ability to set different preferred search engines on standard versus private tabs and some fairly granular privacy settings.
There aren't many options to customize the look or feel beyond turning on a dark theme or moving the address bar to the bottom of the screen, but Brave does let you group tabs.
There are other features that cater to privacy, including forcing secure HTTPS connections when possible, blocking cookies and browser fingerprinting, and even blocking JavaScript, which will cripple many websites. However, the option to easily use the Tor anonymizing protocol hasn't carried over from the desktop version of Brave. As far as browsing goes, the initial load times on Brave are comparable to our other top options, which is odd given that Brave strips out ads and trackers which should in theory be slow components to load.
In fact, a recent update looked to bolster Brave's syncing features. Editor's note: Flynx has not been updated in Google Play since April , and it seems to have been abandoned.
Our email message to the developer bounced and the developer's website does not load properly. Use Flynx at your own risk. Flynx is a very competent Android browser with one interesting trick up its sleeve: When you click a link in Flynx, rather than immediately taking over your screen with a still-loading browser, the link opens in a bubble off to the side of your screen. When you are ready to read it, you simply tap on the bubble, and it will expand to a full-screen window.
This may sound like a small thing, but if you're conducting research or engaging in browsing where you have to open multiple tabs, Flynx's approach lets you continue reading the original article or source. Flynx also offers a quick add to its offline reading function by simply double-tapping any link.
Flynx really can't serve as the sole browser on an Android device for a couple of reasons. Because the app specializes as a link-opening and read-it-later tool, there isn't an address bar or even an option to just launch into the browser without clicking a link.
Beyond that, the app will simply fail to render a web page properly on occasion, though it's not a constant problem; still, Flynx offers the ability to open the page in a designated fallback browser you can select in settings.
Puffin Web Browser focuses on speed, security and privacy, sending encrypted data to its data centers in the U. Hit that limit, and you're done for the day.
That time-limited free trial version has an unremovable ad banner on the bottom of the page, and online user reviews indicate that it also makes you watch video ads several times. Due to these unwelcome addition, we've downgraded our rating for Puffin.
When testing Puffin, we occasionally lost connection with the Puffin servers. Even with that drawback, the upsides of constant encryption, data saving on most content, faster page load times and Flash support will be worth it for users willing to pay for the Pro subscription.
We really enjoyed the gesture support in full-screen videos that lets you scrub through the timeline and adjust volume and brightness without interfering with playback. For most people, the best Android browser will be the one that comes pre-installed on their phones. If you have no beefs with Google's Chrome when you're surfing the web on your smartphone, you should keep using that browser and not really sweat having to find another option.
However, if you don't use Chrome on your desktop browser, you may find it more productive to switch to the mobile version of the browser you do use. Opera, Firefox and Microsoft Edge all have versions for Android, and they're worth exploring if those are your desktop browsers of choice.
You'll also want to consider privacy and ad-blocking features when deciding between the best Android browsers. Many of the mainstream browsers offer some form of those features, but for an extra layer of privacy, you may want to turn to a browser that specializes in keeping your online activity safe from prying eyes. We conducted our initial browser testing on a Pixel 3 running Android 9 Pie , although your experience won't differ all that much from phone to phone.
We tested more than half a dozen browsers, focusing on apps that were regularly updated. We periodically go back and check browsers we've reviewed for new features and to make sure that the experience hasn't changed with subsequent Android updates. Our testing process involves using each browser as our primary way to surf the web on our Android phone until we get an overall impression of current features and user experience.
We also test loading speeds and see how each of the ranked browsers handles websites not always suited to mobile devices, such as those for banks and local restaurants.
We also visit websites that feature a lot of ads to see how each browser performs at stopping pop-up ads. A self-professed "wearer of wearables," Sean Riley is a Senior Writer for Laptop Mag who has been covering tech for more than a decade.
He specializes in covering phones and, of course, wearable tech, but has also written about tablets, VR, laptops, and smart home devices, to name but a few. Included in this guide: 1. The best Android browsers let you customize your web-browsing experience, just as the best Android phones let you fine-tune your home screen's look and feel. Specifications Desktop Syncing: Yes.
Ad blocking: Yes. Privacy features: Incognito browsing. Reasons to avoid - Gives Google more ways to track your activity - Lacks extensions. Privacy features: Built-in 'browser VPN,' incognito mode. Reasons to avoid - Interface feels slightly confusing at times. That includes theming, flash support, ad-block, incognito mode, and some tertiary features like gesture controls.
There is also add-on and extension support if you need that along with a native ad blocker. However, it retains a position on this list for still being more than good enough to be here. DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser is a reasonably good alternative for folks who value privacy.
It has a lot of the basic stuff like forced HTTPS, a private search, and a close button that deletes you browsing data and closes all of your tabs. Additionally, the app gives each website a privacy grade on an A-F scale so you can see exactly how bad any given site is.
Of course, it blocks trackers and stuff like that as well. Ecosia is an environmentally friendly mobile web browser. It features all of the usual stuff like bookmarks, multiple tabs, a private browsing mode, and downloads. Thus, it looks and feels a bit like Chrome as well. The big draw here is the cause. The trees thing is a bonus. There are two really good Firefox browsers. The first is the standard Firefox Browser.
It features all of the good stuff such as cross-platform syncing, a rock-solid browsing experience, tracking protection, a built-in password manager, and more. The second good Firefox option is Firefox Focus, a privacy browser with a ton of security and privacy features. You can find the standard Firefox Browser at the button below or check out Firefox Focus here. They are both excellent Android browsers. Of course we give the obligatory nod to the most popular Android browser.
Many people have this pre-installed on their devices and opt to just keep using it. It features syncing with Google Chrome on desktop along with the latest Material Design, unlimited browsing tabs, deeper integration with Android, and plenty of other features for both basic browsing and power users. There are four total Chrome browsers.
Choose at your own risk. Google Chrome almost always has the latest Android features before other browsers as well. Kiwi Browser is one of the newer Android browsers. It uses Chromium as a base. Thus, you may recognize a lot of its visual elements and settings options. It also loads pages pretty well. There are some UI tweaks as well, such as the address bar resting on the bottom of the app instead of the top.
It also does the usual stuff. Lynket is formerly the popular Chromer browser.
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