Samsung Internet is a

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-based

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for Android smartphones developed by

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. It was first released in 2012 as a basic mobile browser for

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devices. Samsung estimated that it had around 400 million

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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. In November 2023, Samsung Internet was released for Microsoft

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via the

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before being inexplicably removed in January 2024.

Version history

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

References

External links

Samsung Internet Developer hub
{{Web browsers 2013 software Android web browsers Samsung Galaxy Samsung software Software based on WebKit