We're talking about the Samsung Internet app, a mobile web browser for Samsung smartphones. It's now available for all Android phones running Android 5.0 and above and not limited to Galaxy devices. What makes this browser so appealing is a new privacy setting that isn't found in other browsers.
Set Chrome as your default web browser
- On your computer, click the Start menu .
- Click Settings .
- Open your default apps: Original version: Click System Default apps.
- At the bottom, under "Web browser," click your current browser (typically Microsoft Edge).
- In the "Choose an app" window, click Google Chrome.
Samsung Internet Browser is the official Samsung browser. It offers a safe, private, and perfectly optimized browsing experience for Android devices. Even though it's technically made for Samsung Galaxy and Google Nexus smartphones, it actually works perfectly on any smartphone with Android 5.0 or higher.
Samsung Internet for Android is a Simple, Fast, and Reliable web browser for your phone and tablet.
Samsung Internet Browser (or simply Samsung Internet) is a mobile web browser for smartphones and tablets developed by Samsung Electronics. It is based on the open-source Chromium project. It is pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy devices.
Android phone or tablet running Google Chrome
- Open the Google Chrome Internet browser.
- In the upper-right corner of the screen tap the. icon.
- In the drop-down menu that appears, select history and shown in the image.
- The following page will contain your device's history.
You can go to Settings > Applications > Application manager and navigate to all apps tab then found your browser in this list and tap on it and then you see turn off button, when you disable it using this button, browser should disappear from applications menu.
All Android tablets feature a web browsing app. The stock Android app is Google's own Chrome web browser. If your tablet doesn't have the Chrome app, you can obtain a free copy at the Google Play Store. As with all apps, you can find a copy of the web browser app in the Apps drawer.
There are two ways to access the internet from a tablet: Wi-Fi in your home or office or when you're out and about, or via a mobile phone network. All tablets offer Wi-Fi access, but not all offer mobile access, so check whether it's just Wi-Fi or 3G or 4G too.
Based on our testing, Google Chrome stands out as the best browser for most Android users, but the mobile versions of Opera and Firefox also deliver for fans of those desktops offerings. Android app makers continue to try and create the ideal mobile browser.
To review the long-term history of your web-browsing adventures, touch the Bookmarks button in the upper-left corner of the Browser window. Choose History to view your web-browsing history. To view a page you visited weeks or months ago, you can choose a web page from the History list.
Press the "Menu" button and tap "Settings." Select "Wireless & Networks" and tap "Wi-Fi Settings." Tap the check box beside "Wi-Fi" to enable wireless Internet functionality. Select a wireless network from the list displayed below the "Wi-Fi" check box to initiate a connection.
Get a Chrome update when available
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Play Store app .
- At the top left, tap Menu My apps & games.
- Under "Updates," find Chrome .
- Next to Chrome, tap Update.
Each open web page will appear as a “tab” at the top of your web browser window. You can click the tabs to switch between your open web pages. To switch between tabs with your keyboard, you can press Ctrl+Tab, which cycles through your open tabs – think of it like an Alt+Tab for your browser tabs.
There are seven types of web browsers:
- Chrome: The most popular cross-platform browser.
- Firefox: The best browser for standards compliance and stability with many tabs open.
- Internet Explorer: The browser that, for many years, came preinstalled on Windows computers.
- Edge: Microsoft's replacement for Internet Explorer.
There are four leading web browsers − Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, and Safari, but there are many others browsers available.
How to Use the Web Browser App on Your Android Phone
- Like all apps, you can find a copy of the phone's web browser in the apps drawer. A launcher icon might also be found on the Home screen.
- Chrome is also the name of Google's computer web browser.
- The first time you fire up the web browser app on some Samsung phones, you may see a registration page.
To find out what browser version you're using, find the "About BrowserName" option in your browser. Often, this is located in a drop-down menu named for the browser along the top menu bar. On other browsers, it may be under the Help menu or Tools icon.
Set Chrome as your default web browser
- On your Android, find Google settings in one of these places (depending on your device): Open your device's Settings app. Scroll down and select Google.
- Tap Apps.
- Open your default apps: In the top-right, tap Settings . Under 'Default', tap Browser app.
- Tap Chrome .
Google is a web site that has a search engine that allows you to search the web. Chrome on the other hand is a web browser (an application that that reads web code sent by the website and displays it rather then just showing you a long list of html).
Get a Chrome update when available
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Play Store app .
- At the top left, tap Menu My apps & games.
- Under "Updates," find Chrome .
- Next to Chrome, tap Update.
Install Chrome
- On your Android phone or tablet, go to Chrome on Google Play.
- Tap Install.
- Tap Accept.
- To start browsing, go to the Home or All Apps page. Tap the Chrome app .
Samsung Internet only ships as the default browser on Samsung's phones. Other phones use Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and others.
Chrome
- Open the Google Chrome browser.
- Click the Customize and control Google Chrome button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
- From the drop-down menu that appears, select Help, then select About Google Chrome.
- The window that appears will automatically check for updates and show you the current version of Chrome.
Android 4.4 KitKat is no longer supported by Google.
You can manually check for updates: In the Settings app, choose About Tablet or About Device. (On Samsung tablets, look on the General tab in the Settings app.) Choose System Updates or Software Update. When the system is up-to-date, the screen tells you so.
