Samsung Internet

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Samsung Internet
Developer(s) Samsung Electronics
Operating system Android, Tizen, Wear OS
Type Web browser
Website Official website

Samsung Internet is a Chromium-based web browser for Android smartphones developed by Samsung Electronics. It was first released in 2012 as a basic mobile browser for Samsung Galaxy devices. [1] [2]

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Samsung estimated that it had around 400 million monthly active users in 2016. According to StatCounter, it had a market share of around 4% of mobile devices in October 2024, having peaked at 7% in 2019. [3]

In November 2023, Samsung Internet was released for Microsoft Windows via the Microsoft Store before being inexplicably removed in January 2024. [4]

Version history

Samsung Internet replaced the stock Android browser as the default on Samsung Galaxy devices in 2012. [5]

VersionBased onRelease dateNew features
1.0Chromium 182012
1.5Chromium 28
2.0Chromium 34
3.0 Chromium 38August 2015Quick Access, Navigation Page, Shortcut Promotion Banner, Audio Notification, Data Saving Mode [6]
4.0Chromium 44early 2016secret mode, content cards, a floating video, a video history feature, web push, service workers, custom tabs, and a content blocker extension. [7] [8]
4.2Chromium 44October 4, 2016Iris Scanner Support in Secret Mode and Web Auto Login, Web Content Provider Extension, QR Code reader, Video Assistant, 360° Video Support [9]
5.0Chromium 51December 16, 2016web payment and an enhanced video assistant. [10] [11]
5.2Chromium 51February, 2017Samsung Dex Support, CloseBy, Web Payment-Deep integration with Samsung Pay, Progressive Web App indication badge [12]
5.4Chromium 51Beta 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]
6.0Chromium 56September 8, 2017
6.2Chromium 56October 30, 2017high contrast mode and night mode. [16] [17]
6.4Chromium 56February 19, 2018download manager and enabled Web Bluetooth by default. [18] [19]
7.0Chromium 59March 7, 2018
7.2Chromium 59June 7, 2018WebGL2, Intersection Observer, Web Assembly and Protected Browsing. [20]
7.4Chromium 59August 19, 2018authentication with Intelligent Scan, a customised Reader Mode and Download History improvements. [21]
8.0Chromium 63August, 2018
8.2Chromium 63December 21, 2018improved Download Manager, an improved Reader Mode, bug fixes and stabilization, and quick access sync via Smart Switch. [22]
9.0Chromium 67February 20, 2019One UI support [23]
9.2Chromium 67April 2, 2019removed 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.
9.2.10.15Chromium 67May 19, 2019a +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.
9.4Chromium 67July 22, 2019a 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]
10.0Chromium 71August, 2019
10.1.00.27Chromium 71September 8, 2019Quick Access data synchronization and an even furthered refined user interface, and including bug fixes and stabilization.
10.1.01.3Chromium 71October 3, 2019fixed bugs affecting mirroring in Bookmarks, History and Saved pages for right-to-left languages and refined the user interface again.
10.2.00.53Chromium 71November 24, 2019Video 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]
10.2.01.10Chromium 71January 14, 2020an 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.
11.0Chromium 75February, 2020One UI 2.0 support, Credential Management API support, Browser Extensions (which require Android Marshmallow or later and a Galaxy Store account) [26]
11.1.1.52Chromium 75February 25, 2020A redesigned Go to Top button and UI, Quick access, bug fixes and stabilization, and improving performance.
11.2Chromium 75March 1, 2020Smart 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]
12.0.1.47Chromium 79June 19, 2020Open 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]
13.0.1.64Chromium 83November 19, 2020Hide status bar option for Infinity Display, Enhanced Smart Protection, Additional gesture support in Video Assistant [29]
14.0.1.62Chromium 87Beta 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]
15.0.2.47Chromium 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.
16.0.2.19Chromium 92

Stable November 26, 2021 [34]

17.0.6.9Chromium 96

Stable June 14, 2022 [35]

18.0Chromium 99Beta June 28, 2022 [36]

Stable August 6, 2022

Toolbar customization, CNAME Cloaking Protection
19.0Chromium 102Beta August 23, 2022 [37]

Stable November 1, 2022

WebXR Incubations
20.0Chromium 106Beta Dec 20, 2022

Stable February 19, 2023

Bookmarks folder search
21.0Chromium 110Beta April 18, 2023 [38]
22.0Chromium 111Stable July 14, 2023
23.0Chromium 115Stable 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
24.0Chromium 117
25.0Chromium 121Attribution reporting (experimental, requires flag to enable)

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