| Samsung Internet Browser | |
| Logo Size: | 150px |
| Screenshot Size: | 150px |
| Developer: | Samsung Electronics |
| Operating System: | Android, Tizen, Wear OS |
| Genre: | Web Browser |
The Samsung Internet Browser is a web browser developed by Samsung Electronics. It was first released in 2012 as a basic mobile browser on Samsung Galaxy devices. Now, it is a feature-rich application that is available on Android and was available on Windows.[1] [2]
Samsung estimated that it had around 400 million monthly active users in 2016. According to StatCounter, it had a market share of around 5.06% (among 69.37% for all Chrome variants) in January 2023.[3]
In November 2023, Samsung Internet was released on Microsoft Windows via the Microsoft Store. Its Windows release is currently unavailable, having been inexplicably removed from the Microsoft Store in January 2024.[4]
Samsung Internet replaced the stock Android browser as the default on Samsung Galaxy devices in 2012.[5]
| Version | Based upon | Release date | New features | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Chromium 18 | 2012 | ||
| 1.5 | Chromium 28 | |||
| 2.0 | Chromium 34 | |||
| 3.0 | Chromium 38 | August 2015 | Quick Access, Navigation Page, Shortcut Promotion Banner, Audio Notification, Data Saving Mode[6] | |
| 4.0 | Chromium 44 | early 2016 | secret mode, content cards, a floating video, a video history feature, web push, service workers, custom tabs, and a content blocker extension.[7] [8] | |
| 4.2 | Chromium 44 | October 4, 2016 | Iris Scanner Support in Secret Mode and Web Auto Login, Web Content Provider Extension, QR Code reader, Video Assistant, 360° Video Support[9] | |
| 5.0 | Chromium 51 | December 16, 2016 | web payment and an enhanced video assistant.[10] [11] | |
| 5.2 | Chromium 51 | February, 2017 | Samsung Dex Support, CloseBy, Web Payment-Deep integration with Samsung Pay, Progressive Web App indication badge[12] | |
| 5.4 | Chromium 51 | Beta March 2017[13] Stable May 2017[14] | tab navigation with a swipe gesture, a quick menu, an enhanced navigation page (China only), and a content blocker status UI (in menu).[15] | |
| 6.0 | Chromium 56 | September 8, 2017 | ||
| 6.2 | Chromium 56 | October 30, 2017 | high contrast mode and night mode.[16] [17] | |
| 6.4 | Chromium 56 | February 19, 2018 | download manager and enabled Web Bluetooth by default.[18] [19] | |
| 7.0 | Chromium 59 | March 7, 2018 | ||
| 7.2 | Chromium 59 | June 7, 2018 | WebGL2, Intersection Observer, Web Assembly and Protected Browsing.[20] | |
| 7.4 | Chromium 59 | August 19, 2018 | authentication with Intelligent Scan, a customised Reader Mode and Download History improvements.[21] | |
| 8.0 | Chromium 63 | August, 2018 | ||
| 8.2 | Chromium 63 | December 21, 2018 | improved Download Manager, an improved Reader Mode, bug fixes and stabilization, and quick access sync via Smart Switch.[22] | |
| 9.0 | Chromium 67 | February 20, 2019 | One UI support[23] | |
| 9.2 | Chromium 67 | April 2, 2019 | removed the "video assistant" extension that was added in previous versions as a "quick menu", adding a redesigned app icon, a further redesigned user interface and respective one-handedness, Smart Anti-Tracking, an option to turn on Save All Images, as well as bug fixes and stabilization. | |
| 9.2.10.15 | Chromium 67 | May 19, 2019 | a +10 and -10 sec seek function for YouTube web videos, optimized RAM usage, and fixed two bugs affecting Dark Mode and the Iris auto login in DeX Mode. | |
| 9.4 | Chromium 67 | July 22, 2019 | a QR Code reader, a Tab manager for tablet devices, a Notification manager for Web pushes, History navigation in each tab, video autoplay control, a Rename function while doing "add to home screen", and a Pause/Resume function for "Save all images", in addition to bug fixes and stabilization.[24] | |
| 10.0 | Chromium 71 | August, 2019 | ||
| 10.1.00.27 | Chromium 71 | September 8, 2019 | Quick Access data synchronization and an even furthered refined user interface, and including bug fixes and stabilization. | |
| 10.1.01.3 | Chromium 71 | October 3, 2019 | fixed bugs affecting mirroring in Bookmarks, History and Saved pages for right-to-left languages and refined the user interface again. | |
| 10.2.00.53 | Chromium 71 | November 24, 2019 | Video assistant, a Contact us icon, a feature which allows which apps use Samsung Internet, a customizable menu, a renewed Tab manager, a once again refined user interface, an improved high contrast mode and bug fixes and stabilizations.[25] | |
| 10.2.01.10 | Chromium 71 | January 14, 2020 | an optional Picture-In-Picture video, fingerprint-enabled Easy sign-in in Samsung DeX stand-alone mode, an enhanced scroll capture and fixes crashes caused by certain conditions. | |
| 11.0 | Chromium 75 | February, 2020 | One UI 2.0 support, Credential Management API support, Browser Extensions (which require Android Marshmallow or later and a Galaxy Store account)[26] | |
| 11.1.1.52 | Chromium 75 | February 25, 2020 | A redesigned Go to Top button and UI, Quick access, bug fixes and stabilization, and improving performance. | |
| 11.2 | Chromium 75 | March 1, 2020 | Smart protection, Support for more buttons in Customize menu, Increase max number of open tabs to 99, Additional search engines, Address & card sync via Samsung Pass, News notifications (India and China), Usability enhancements for tablet devices[27] | |
| 12.0.1.47 | Chromium 79 | June 19, 2020 | Open links in secret mode from the context menu, more password manager apps are allowed to autofill ID and passwords, and stability and security improvements.[28] | |
| 13.0.1.64 | Chromium 83 | November 19, 2020 | Hide status bar option for Infinity Display, Enhanced Smart Protection, Additional gesture support in Video Assistant[29] | |
| 14.0.1.62 | Chromium 87 | Beta March 2021[30] Stable April 17, 2021 | Security Control Panel for Enhanced Privacy, Apply device font settings to web pages (in Labs), Enhanced Smart Anti-Tracking (v3.0)[31] | |
| 15.0.2.47 | Chromium 90[32] | Beta July 2021[33] Stable August 28, 2021 | Introduce Smart Protection, a technology to protect users against fingerprinting. Quick Search and Fast Navigation to make it easier to search for information from the home screen. WebXR Lighting Estimation API. | |
| 16.0.2.19 | Chromium 92 | Stable November 26, 2021[34] | ||
| 17.0.6.9 | Chromium 96 | Stable June 14, 2022[35] | ||
| 18.0 | Chromium 99 | Beta June 28, 2022[36] Stable August 6, 2022 | Toolbar customization, CNAME Cloaking Protection | |
| 19.0 | Chromium 102 | Beta August 23, 2022[37] Stable November 1, 2022 | WebXR Incubations | |
| 20.0 | Chromium 106 | Beta Dec 20, 2022 Stable February 19, 2023 | Bookmarks folder search | |
| 21.0 | Chromium 110 | Beta April 18, 2023[38] | ||
| 22.0 | Chromium 111 | Stable July 14, 2023 | ||
| 23.0 | Chromium 115 | Stable October 18, 2023[39] | Increased number of days of History saved, support of URL auto-complete in address bar, new support for syncing tab groups | |
| 24.0 | Chromium 117 | |||
| 25.0 | Chromium 121 | Attribution reporting (experimental, requires flag to enable) |