The Android browsers are becoming much popular than the starting days when the OS was released. Now we can surf internet at high speed only using the browsers even if we are having a slow data plan. Also they can be used to save lot of mobile data using the data compression technique which can be seen in many of the modern day Android browser’s.
Here is a list of “10 Best Free Android Browser Apps in 2015”
Google Chrome
Google chrome is one of the most popular and widely used Android browser App we can see. Mostly this browser comes as preloaded with new phones. If not you can get this on Play Store. The browser is only supported for devices running on Android version 4.0 and higher. So Gingerbread users cannot use the browser. What makes the Google Chrome an outstanding browser is that it can give you really high speed browsing. Around 5th release of the browser Google introduced an Reduced Data mode which will compress the web pages and display it very quickly on users phone. But the application size is little bit large. But still it is the best browser you can find for Android phones. Also there is a beta version of the app with some experimental features.
Opera Mini
The all-time user’s favorite browser is still one of the best free Android browser App. From the Java version onwards Opera Mini is considered as one of the famous Web browser. When it comes to Android nothing has changed. People who are looking for speed browsing is still depending on Opera Mini. One of the great thing about Opera Mini is that you can customize the browser’s speed depending on your network speed. This is done by adjusting the image quality. That is lower the quality faster the web page display’s. Another thing is about the application size. The app is around 2 MB in size and consume less RAM compared to other browsers.
UC Browser
UC Browser is another familiar browser from the Java phones onwards. Still in Android it is much popular one. What makes the UC Browser a good one is that the download speed that they provide. Currently UC released their new version of browser with a download accelerator mode which will accelerate the download speed by 10 percent. Also you can install the add-ons to get more facility from the browser. Recently they introduced a Facebook Add-on. Using this the browser itself notify about the Facebook events. This is a good replacement for the Facebook app for Android phones.
CM Browser
CM Browser is developed by one of the award winning developer Cheetah Mobile. If you are looking for good browser with a small size the CM Browser is the one. The size is less than 2 MB and can give you all the features that you can see in a typical Android browser App. You can change the user agent of the browser. That is whether you want to display the web pages compatible to Android or like a AC even it supports MAC. The overall design of the UI is great. You have got a nice material design to all the elements.
Maxthon Browser
Maxthon is another popular browser which is widely used in PC’s. Now you can get the same experience on your Android phone too. From the day of release itself the browser gained high number of downloads. What makes the Maxthon Browser a good one is that you can get lot of local stuffs. For example the browser itself customize according to the region you are staying. You can get the local online shopping sites, music downloading sites and other stuff preloaded in the speed dial.
UC Mini
UC Mini is the minimized version of the UC Browser. If you want to get the minimized experience of UC browser in less size then you can download the UC Mini. The app is less than 2 MB in size and is very fast in terms of browsing speed. The UC add-ons are not supported in the mini version of the UC. The download speed of UC mini is great. The same download accelerator is used in the UC mini browser also. All in all UC mini gives a great experience to the users.
Dolphin Browser
Dolphin was the one of the oldest Android browser App which was very popular during the initial versions. But due to lack of frequent updates the app loss the property. One of the great feature about Dolphin browser is that about Gesture facility. You can open certain websites using a custom made finger gesture. For gesture search just tap on the gesture button and draw the gesture on the screen. You can speed up browsing by installing the jetpack add-on. Beta version of the browser is also available.
Opera Mobile
Opera Mobile is the larger version of Opera Mini browser. Compared to the Opera Mini obviously the apps size is much larger than the Mini. Using Opera Mobile you can get the full web browsing experience. But in Opera Mini you will get only a compressed version of the websites. Another advantage is that the browser supports JavaScript compared to Mini. Also you can download the files through Wi-Fi but in Opera Mini it is also compatible but the connection will disconnect sometimes.
Boat Browser
Boat Browser is another familiar Android browser App. There is nothing much to say compared to other browser but still it is good one. It has got the all usual features. You can browse web pages with a pretty decent features. Another noticeable feature is that you can download the add-ons for the Boat Browser to make the browsing experience much better.
Android Stock browser
And the final one is Android’s own stock browser. Comparing the features it has got all the similar features of Google Chrome. On the Ginger bread version the Android stock browser was damn slow. But from the ICS onwards the browser got much better. Well you want to browse without installing any apps then you can go for Android stock browser.
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