What are the best Android web browsers?

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Best Android web browsers	Price	Based On	License
90 Tor Browser	Free	Mozilla Firefox ESR	Open Source (MPL-2.0)
86 Bromite	free	Chromium	-
81 Brave	Free	Chromium core	OpenSource (MPL)
79 GNU IceCat	-	Mozilla Firefox ESR	OpenSource
78 Firefox	-	Netscape>Mozilla Suite	OpenSource (MPL-2.0)

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39 Other Options Considered

Bromite

Top Con

Still contains spyware

Default homepage is spyware and searches are enabled by default. See More

Top Pro

App optimization

Installation size 88 to 105 MB (depends upon OEM manufacturer & usage by user). See More

DashingQuirinus's Experience

Easy to use, privacy focused, functionality similar to chrome See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium

Browser Engine:Blink

Default Search Engine:Google

Mobile Platforms:Android

Top Con

Big target for hackers

Bromite is a big target for hackers because it's a Chromium fork. See More

Top Pro

Respects your privacy better than all other Chromium based browsers

DNS over https (require more flexibility if possible). See More

PositiveUksakka's Experience

Excellent browser expecting more flexibility ~SSTK (India) See More

Top Con

Not secure

Bromite lacks ad blocking and other privacy protecting features. See More

Top Pro

Optimizated RAM usage

Average (depends upon web page complexity). See More

CredibleAnu's Experience

Version 86.0.4240.66 See More

Top Con

Bromite = Google Chrome

It uses Chrome for the query. See More

Top Pro

Excellent bookmarks management

Import & Export Bookmarks, very few browsers have this rare functionality. See More

LearnedSuurToll's Experience

Lacks ad blocking features, more speed focused, and bas ad blocker in comparison to ublock orgin. See More

Top Con

Eats up battery life

Because it's very fast, which puts pressure on the RAM & hence ultimately on battery. See More

Top Pro

Up to date with the Chromium releases

CompetentPoseidon's Experience

Smooth and fast loading of pages See More

Top Pro

Developer options

Can be enabled. See More

CalmAkaManah's Experience

Good for speed but bad for privacy. See More

Top Pro

Browser aside app

Browser has “optional (additional app)” functionality of acting as SYSTEM WEBVIEW support (but requires rooting Android). See More

JollyJuksakka's Experience

I really enjoy the way Bromite react and i feel in love with the icon See More

Top Pro

Customizable adblock filters

HappyMaat's Experience

very privacy focused See More

Top Pro

AV1 codec support

Top Pro

Allows playing videos in background tabs and disable pause on switching tabs

Top Pro

Shows warnings for TLSv1.0/TLSv1.1 pages

Top Pro

Removes click-tracking and AMP from search results

Top Pro

Supports DNS over HTTPS

Help in detail by guide on "Enter a correctly formatted url" (require more flexibility if possible), check clarification for more. See More

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Brave

Top Pro

Built-in adblocking

Other apps make it difficult to block ads without rooting your phone or going through unoptimized add-on stores, but Link Bubble blocks them out of the box, making browsing much less crowded. Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy. See More

Top Con

Still dependent on Google

Since it's based on Chrome. See More

PioneeringHeXiangu's Experience

Awesome browser. Fast, clean & uses less RAM. Also this browser has Built-in adblocker. See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium core

License:OpenSource (MPL)

Browser Engine:Blink

Top Pro

Takes care of privacy and security

Takes privacy seriously by blocking ads and trackers and not tracking people's searches. Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best. See More

Top Con

Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement

Brave is advertised as a browser that respects your privacy and blocks ads while still supporting content creators. However, at the same time the company is making deals with Facebook, Twitter and others to whitelist their trackers and ads. See More

NobleNibhaz's Experience

Best privacy browser. See More

Top Pro

Very fast

The fastest browser out there. See More

Top Con

Brave is an Ad company

They do not respect your privacy. See More

NeighborlyEopsin's Experience

compete browser with easy to use tabs , ad block,bookmarks and full positive experience... I am extremely satisfied. I like the android version best ! See More

Top Pro

Free/libre software

Released to the community under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), this software respect the FSF's four freedoms, including the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute with or without modification freely. See More

Top Con

Uses high data on mobile

Causes bad battery drain. See More

CooperativeAmasagnul's Experience

cool See More

Top Pro

Faster than Google Chrome

Brave consistently beats Chrome in speed, might have to do with less tracking being run in the background. See More

Top Con

No cloud sync like Firefox

GregariousSaturn's Experience

Once I learned about the environmental impact of the Brave Attention Token and read more about Brave's controversies (thanks to Wikipedia), I switched to Vivaldi. I couldn't support a browser like this after learning more about it. See More

Top Pro

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More

Top Con

Uses Google as its default search engine

Quite ironic for the "privacy" browser. See More

AgreeableHunahpu's Experience

safe browsing. no ads. quick response See More

Top Pro

Tor is available right in the browser

Top Con

Download package is very large considering it as a browser

Brave take on a lot of rolls besides just browsing so it is understandably a larger file. See More

Top Pro

Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage

Set up automatic micro-donations. Brave will automatically divide a monthly donation among the top sites you visit. And/or, you can decide which sites get what percentage of your donation. It’s called pinning. See More

Top Con

No way to modify the adblock settings

Top Pro

Optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Basic Attention Token; you will be able to opt into a new blockchain-based digital advertising system, giving publishers a better deal and users a share of the ad revenue for their attention. See More

Top Con

Same security-holes as Chrome

On the desktop: Brave uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome may also hack Brave. However, Brave has security features that Chrome doesn't (such as a built-in adblocker). Those features will stop many hacking attempts. See More

Top Pro

Sync is now available

Top Con

Power hungry, uses much more battery power than other browsers

Per default Brave enables hardware acceleration which results in a much higher energy (battery) consumption than the most other web browsers. See More

Top Pro

Now supports Chrome Webstore

It's now a faster, less intrusive Chrome. See More

Top Con

Blocking video van adds

Top Pro

Built-in torrent client

The browser comes with WebTorrent, which the Brave company has helped create. See More

Top Con

Controversy

It is owned by a for-profit company, with some highly controversial employees. The Basic Attention Token is also very environmentally harmful, as it is based on the Ethereum Blockchain. See More

Top Pro

Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

Top Con

Promotes search engines that track users such as Bing and Google

Google Search is the first search engine on the list. See More

Top Pro

Supports the latest technologies

Brave regularly adds new functionalities like decentralized domain support and a native crypto wallet long before Chrome considers them. These features to be disabled in settings. See More

Top Con

Doesn't remove search engine ads

Top Con

No reader view

Can be accessed with an extension though. Can be accessed with brave://flags/#enable-reader-mode and can choose the option to enable, disable, or to enable the option to be available in settings. See More

Top Con

Dumbed down in the latest versions

In previous versions, Brave felt more like Firefox. Now it's been dumbed down, it feels more like Chrome/Chromium. For example: There's no menu-bar. See More

Top Con

Causes battery drain

The browser works in the background even after exit. See More

Top Con

Sync issues

Unable to sync extensions, no cloud sync (only device sync). See More

Top Con

Creator support limited

Most creators don't use it and so will not profit from the crypto system. See More

Top Con

Appearance

No options to customize appearance, and make the bookmarks appear on the home page, for instance. See More

Top Con

Bookmark management

Bookmark management is not as seamless as other browsers. See More

Top Con

Quite intrusive advertisements, especially on Windows

Advertisements keep popping up in the Windows notification center. Must opt in to ad system, but no option to disable sound for ad notifications only. See More

Top Con

The iPhone version has some odd behavior

When I reopen Brave, it often returns me to the "search results" page, rather than the webpage I had previous browsed to from the search results page. Might just be my configuration. See More

Top Con

No find on page function

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GNU IceCat

Top Con

Very slow boot time

It takes 10+ seconds for the browser to load up. See More

Top Pro

No spyware

NiceOzwiena's Experience

Full suported (95% ?) See More

Specs

Based On:Mozilla Firefox ESR

License:OpenSource

Browser Engine:Gecko

Top Con

Not up to date

Latest binary is still version 60.7 ESR and was last updated over a year ago. See More

Top Pro

Made by idealists

It is part of the GNU Project. See More

SuaveLluddLlawEraint's Experience

There is no way to install in on my android 8. See More

Top Con

Mainly just an old Firefox

It is mainly a renamend older version of Firefox that comes preinstalled with some extensions. See More

Top Pro

LibreJS

Blocks unwanted JS code. See More

Top Con

Too much bloat

The browser comes with 15 addons installed by default, most of which are useless or ruin one's browsing experience. See More

Top Pro

Https-Everywhere by default

Top Con

Requires too much unnecessary configuration to use

You have to manually delete all the bloated addons from your files (only for them to show up again when the browser is updated) and manually install some addons and themes that the browser labels as "corrupt". See More

Top Pro

SpyBlock

Blocks privacy trackers. See More

Top Con

Dependent on Mozilla

Since IceCat is based off Firefox, it's dependent on all of Mozilla's decisions. See More

Top Pro

Extra security and privacy features

Top Con

Abandoned

Icecat was last updated over a year ago. See More

Top Pro

Protects your freedom

Certified free by the FSF. See More

Top Con

Tricky to install

It's tricky to install on Android since it isn't available on Android. See More

Top Pro

Protects your freedom, certified free by the FSF

Top Con

Can't install some Firefox themes/addons

"Installation aborted because the addon appears to be corrupt". See More

Top Pro

Very big extenions library

Top Con

Includes LibreJS by default with no way to remove it

Top Pro

All the benefits of Firefox, but with 100% free software

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Firefox

Top Pro

Free, open source and community driven

Firefox is available as a free download. All Mozilla software is licensed under the Mozilla Public License. Instructions on how to obtain the source code can be found here. See More

Top Con

Google obsession

Lately, Firefox has been partnering with Google, leading to some privacy concerns. See More

LoveableGaxiSonnim's Experience

Sites can fingerprint you easily. But atleast it's not dependent on google. See More

Specs

Based On:Netscape>Mozilla Suite

License:OpenSource (MPL-2.0)

Browser Engine:Gecko, Webkit on iOS(since Apple does not allow third party web engines)

Platforms:Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android,iPadOS

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Top Pro

Functionality can be extended with add-ons

By far the best browser if not using an adblocking app like AdAway or Adguard. Adblocking, Privacy, Themes/Stylish, etc. Add-ons make Firefox the best total package mobile browser... You may even forget you're using a mobile browser. See More

Top Con

Some built-in advertising

With their new "pocket" feature, they offer advertisements built-in. See More

InterestingNingal's Experience

Firefox eliminated about:config which enables the user to make the browser more secure. I'm uninstalling after 12 years...gone! See More

Top Pro

Built-in reading mode

Reading mode allows removing everything on a page but the text. It removes ads, styling and anything else that could get in the way of a comfortable reading experience. See More

Top Con

Slightly slower

Might be a bit slower than Chromium-based browsers on newer devices. See More

NeighborlySkeiron's Experience

Open source, highly customisable and you are able to harden it through about:config for extra privacy. See More

Top Pro

Ethical and pragmatic company mission

The Mozilla Manifesto outlines the company's mission and principles. Paraphrasing, they want the Internet to be a free and open resource, and to enable individuals to get the best use of that resource. They do this by creating open source software to which anyone may contribute, so long as such contributions fit with their principles (both ethical and technical). See More

Top Con

Cannot directly translate page

Unlike Google Chrome, if you visit a website with a different language, you cannot translate it, which is a bad user experience for some. See More

Alex's Experience

Supports extensions. Some only on nightly though See More

Top Pro

Great efficient and intuitive UI

The scrolling and response is generally faster than Chrome on my Android devices. See More

Top Con

CON

Firefox eliminated about:config which enables the user to make the browser more secure. I'm uninstalling after 12 years...gone! See More

CaringCantzicnal's Experience

Free and opensource, right Mozilla mission See More

Top Pro

Sync with desktop browser

Keep track of all your bookmarks, passwords, open tabs, and history on the go. See More

Top Con

Now forces install and use of snap

Capuccino 's Experience

Firefox is one of the top browsers in the desktop and mobile browser market, its greatest strength is its extensions: Because unlike Google Chrome, you can use the same extensions in Firefox Mobile. So you get more ease of life and more interoptability between devices knowing you will have the same configuration on all Firefox installations you synced with. See More

Top Pro

Send to device feature

You can send a tab to your mobile or another device, or vice versa. See More

Top Con

Eliminated additional security possibilities

Firefox eliminated about:config which enables the user to make the browser more secure. See More

RespectfulAmasagnul's Experience

It used to be a good browser. They changed everything and it is screwed up. See More

Top Pro

Syncs between devices

Firefox Sync is an optional feature in Firefox that allows syncing bookmarks, passwords, and add-ons between devices. See More

Top Con

Partial dark mode

Bookmark, context menu, etc. are not themed. See More

ShojiVR's Experience

Support addons from firefox addons See More

Top Pro

Respects your privacy

Mozilla is one of the first browsers that advocates privacy. They believe that internet should be in the user's control and not those who run the websites, and so they give tools inside the browser to make the user be more in control. See More

Top Con

Installs Addons with updates

Mozilla is installing/integrating addons with every update like the Mr. Robot promotion - it also has integrated Pocket that spams you every time you open the browser or a new tab with partners of Pocket. See More

PleasantChaxiraxi's Experience

terrible slow and mozilla experiments. poor multimedia support. See More

Top Pro

Really independent browser

It is really independent browser, unlike many other that are based on Chromium. See More

Top Con

Sometimes very buggy and slow

On sites like twitch.tv chat scrolling is still not fixed. Compared to other browsers Firefox is still very slow and feels sluggish. See More

PassionateHahanu's Experience

No homepage button on android. See More

Top Pro

High performance

The Firefox Quantum update (FF57) greatly increases the render speed and general performance of the browser, by taking better advantage of the user's hardware. See More

Top Con

It's a memory hog even though Mozilla claims it is not

Mozilla claims it's using 30% less RAM than Chrome but in real life tests it uses much more. See More

niingu's Experience

Firefox Preview will be the future...way to go! See More

Top Pro

Open Source

Open Source means that you can see the source code. So everybody even if they don't work for Mozilla is able to look what the browser does in the background. So you can be 100% sure that Firefox doesn't have hidden "spy features" unlike Google Chrome. See More

Top Con

Terrible user interface

And you can't even fix it anymore because they removed XUL. See More

Top Pro

Android version allows installation of addons

Unlike other browsers, Mozilla uses almost the same codebase as with the desktop version so extensions work as-is without code modifications - something other browsers cannot do due to their breaking and sometimes unrelated code branches to the mainline desktop branch. See More

Top Con

Uses Google as its default search engine

Which is pretty ironic for a browser that's focused on "privacy". See More

Top Pro

Awesome customizability

Great library of add-ons. See More

Top Con

Multi Profile are not user friendly

Multi profile require commandline -no remote to use and open about:profiles to create manually (on Chrome, you can instantly create them on right top user button). See More

Top Pro

One of the few browsers not using Chrome's Blink engine

Firefox uses its own rendering engine (called Gecko), instead of Google-controlled Blink like the vast majority of other browsers. See More

Top Con

Crappy license

Cannot redistribute binary after source code modification. See More

Top Pro

HTML5, mobile video support

Firefox for Android supports HTML5, and with support for multiple video formats, you can watch videos right in the browser. See More

Top Con

Holds apps that can't be removed (Pocket, Google, Amazon, Ebay json)

Top Pro

Tagging bookmarks

Firefox is one of the few browsers that you can tag your bookmarks. You can view a list of tags and can search your bookmarks in the address bar with tags. See More

Top Con

Promotes a political agenda

Promotes a political agenda in your browsing experience via Messages and Pocket recommendations . See More

Top Pro

Built-in Privacy Protection

Blocks tracking cookies, finger print scanners and Cryptominers by default. Can be changed to the user's individual needs. See More

Top Con

Abandoned XUL for WebExtensions

Top Pro

Dark theme

Beyond the toolbar and tabs, it darkens UI elements such as the URL-bar, pop-downs, new-tab page and more. See More

Top Con

Devtools for WebExtensions are buggy

Top Pro

Integration with Pocket

Firefox comes with built-in Pocket integration that can allow users to quickly save the article for a read it later function to easily find any articles saved in Pocket from various sources and devices. See More

Top Con

Uses GTK on Linux/BSD

This makes the integration on non-GTK Desktop Environments very hard. See More

Top Pro

Very secure

Top Con

Lack of keyboard shortcuts customization

Keyboard shortcuts can not be changed in a user-friendly way. It is also difficult to manipulate addons with hotkeys. See More

Top Pro

Mobile

Firefox has a solid mobile app. See More

Top Con

When you search in a website (Ctrl + F) there are no marks appearing in the right scrollbar

All Chromium based browsers have this feature. See More

Top Pro

Lower memory fingerprint than competitors

Firefox used to be a trailer in memory usage, but as of 2017 it's less hungry for memory than competitors like Edge, Chrome, Safari and Opera. See More

Top Con

No scrollbar marks when searching a page

When you search in a website (Ctrl + F) there are no marks appearing in the right scrollbar. All Chromium based browsers have this feature. See More

Top Pro

Uses less resources

Firefox 57 (Quantum) and newer uses less resources than ever. It is proven with benchmark done by AppleInsider. See More

Top Con

GTK Themes styles the HTML forms

If you're in Linux and you use a dark GTK theme that uses white text and come to a webpage that forces black text on html-forms buttons you will get black buttons with unreadable black text. See More

Top Pro

Automatically updated

Firefox is automatically updated on the platforms where it makes sense. See More

Top Con

False positives in virus-scanner

All Downloads in Firefox are scanned for viruses, but there are a lot of false positives. See More

Top Pro

Strong HTML5 feature support

Firefox scores strongly on HTML5 feature support. See More

Top Con

Doesn’t support multiple languages for spell check

If you write in multiple languages, you need to manually switch the spell check language. See More

Top Pro

About:config

Master about:config and uBlock Origin, and all Firefox-based browsers will be yours. See More

Top Con

Can't play flash videos

Due to security concerns, Firefox does not include Flash support by default. See More

Top Pro

Fast

With new integrations focused on security and performance, Firefox is faster and less likely to have problems during use than ever before. See More

Top Con

Reading mode removes some images and videos

Reading mode removes non-textual elements that are not part of the article, but it retains images and videos that are part of the feed node (rss). See More

Top Pro

Easy screenshots without extensions

Within the browser itself, you can easily take screenshots and save them to your computer. See More

Top Con

Mozilla once partnered with George Soros to fight misinformation

Mozilla once partnered with George Soros to fight misinformation. See More

Top Pro

Fast bookmark management

In order to add an open page to the bookmark bar, the tab can be dragged down and is added immediately. See More

Top Pro

Installed by default on many Linux distributions

Top Pro

Strong developer tool

The built-in developer tools have been merged with the popular FireBug extension since FF57. See More

Top Pro

Firefox Preview and its new rendering engine for Android

Mozilla uses GeckoView, a new rendering engine optimized to be embedded in various platforms. It is incredibly fast, supports the latest web standards and is used in Firefox Preview and in Firefox Reality. See More

Top Pro

Good font rasterizing

Font rasterizing on Windows is much better than in competitors. Even smaller text is clear and contrast. See More

Top Pro

HTML5 Video Preload

The only web browser that only preload entire HTML5 video which useful for slow internet See More

Top Pro

WebRender

The newer versions of it will soon use WebRender to render webpages, which'll make it much more efficient by utilizing GPU to paint webpages. See More

Top Pro

Text-to-speech (with adjustable speed) without add-ons

Firefox Reader Mode includes Narrate, a feature that adds text-to-speech functionality to the browser. See More

Top Pro

Firefox Experiments

FF Experiments are Mozilla projects available from FF Test Pilot, such as Firefox Colour, witch lets you customise your browser theme to your liking. See More

Top Pro

Firefox Lockwise Password Management

Helps store your usernames and passwords. Lockwise also lets you know if any of the sites you have login details for have had their (and potentially your) data leaked! See More

Top Pro

Built-in ad blocker

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Kiwi

Top Pro

Adblocking

Top Con

Search engine spyware/keylogging

Kiwi Browser intercepts search queries through their own servers (I. e. Yahoo, Bing, Google) . See More

ImpartialTutewehiwehi's Experience

Kiwi Browser ships with fake search engines that masquerade as Yahoo, Bing, Google . They actually send all searches through their own servers, allowing Kiwi's owners to track what each user is searching for. See More

Specs

Platforms:Android

Top Pro

Able to use chrome extensions

Top Con

Very intermittent updates

Alex's Experience

Supports extensions See More

Top Pro

Allows extensions

Top Con

Outdated rendering engine

Top Pro

Are able to see messages on Facebook mobile page

Top Pro

Plays web videos in the background

Top Pro

Custom filter url to block ads

Top Pro

Blocks websites from mining crypto-currency

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Midori

Top Con

Development stalled

There have been no recent updates. Lags other browsers in supporting modern web standards. Many distributions have replaced it with other browsers. See More

Top Pro

Lightweight

Incredibly lightweight with very little memory consumption. See More

Specs

Based On:N/A

License:OpenSource

Browser Engine:WebKit

Default Search Engine:Lycos

Top Con

Continuous updates

Midori was last updated on February 22, 2021. See More

Top Pro

Useful plugins are built-in

Some very popular and useful plugins are built-in and available out of the box. For example, there's an RSS feed reader plugin and an Adblocker built-in. See More

Top Con

Unfamiliar UI

The UI can take a little to getting used to because it's not very conventional or similar to other browsers. For example, it uses a trashcan icon to view recently visited links. See More

Top Pro

Very fast

Midori is considerably fast. It starts up in no time and renders pages as fast as many other more well-known browsers. See More

Top Con

Another bloatware similar to Firefox

It is described as a lightweight browser but it is just a bloatware. It crashes sometimes. It is a clone of Firefox which is said to be a RAM-eater. See More

Top Con

Supports insecure cipher suites

This browser supports RC4 encryption which is known to be insecure compared to other encryptions such as AES. See More

Top Con

Misbehaves with Google Web Apps

On some distributions Midori may not work very well for Google Web Apps. On openSUSE for example, Midori starts misbehaving when you are going through Google Drive's folder hierarchy. See More

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Opera

Top Pro

Data saving 'off-road' mode

Off-road mode compresses web pages to increase performance, and Opera claims it can help reduce data usage by around 80%. See More

Top Con

Cannot select tabs

Unlike in Chrome and Vivaldi, one cannot select multiple tabs to move to another/new window. See More

Jim S's Experience

Fast with built-in adblocker. Syncs to desktop. See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

License:Proprietary

Browser Engine:Blink / Chromium core engine

Default Search Engine:Google

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Top Pro

Save webpages for offline viewing

Tapping the "+" icon in the address bar gives you the option to save a webpage offline. See More

Top Con

Adblock are not customizable

Adblock list is not customizable, so it not available for users to add custom filter list or 3rd parties Adblock filter list URL. See More

Top Pro

Reflows text on zoom

So you don't have to scroll sideways on every line. See More

Top Con

Owned by a Chinese consortium

Who certainly need to conform with Chinese government requirements to let them infiltrate everything you do online. See More

Top Pro

Built-In adblocker

The built-In adblocker is faster than any extension. It's possible to add your own filter lists. However, the adblocker isn't enabled by default. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

While Opera is currently available gratis (without monetary charge), it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefor neither free nor open-source software. See More

Top Pro

Speed Dial

Opera's Speed Dial (new tab page) has the ability to hold as many websites as you want, and you can customize it almost however you want. You can also organize the websites on the Speed Dial into folders. See More

Top Con

Still not better than google

The ad blocking is not always good. They just allow the acceptable ads, for now. See More

Top Pro

Built-In adblocker

The built-In adblocker is faster than any extension. It's possible to add your own filter lists. However, the adblocker isn't enabled by default. See More

Top Con

No address bar in fullscreen mode

Unlike in Vivaldi. See More

Top Pro

Lightweight

It doesn't consume much RAM, unlike Chrome. See More

Top Con

Needs user prompt to install from Chrome web store

Every time you install an extension, you need to say install first from Opera extension list to proceed. See More

Top Pro

Multiple layouts

Opera has three different layouts to choose from: Phone, Classic for one-handed use, and Tablet. See More

Top Con

Basically a Chrome clone

The latest versions of Opera are basically Chrome clones, so they really don't add anything new. See More

Top Pro

VPN onboard

Free and fast VPN onboard, includes Germany, Canada, USA, Netherlands, Singapore. See More

Top Con

Unable to sync extensions

Imagine having 100 extensions and Opera link cannot sync them, which will be troublesome. See More

Top Pro

Strong HTML5 feature support

Opera scores highly on HTML5 feature support. See More

Top Con

Trash VPN

Terrible VPN service. Super slow. And it's not even a VPN, It's just a proxy service. See More

Top Pro

Blazingly fast

Scores top on Basemark. See More

Top Con

Cannot stop auto update

Top Pro

Battery saving mode

Top Con

Buggy

Some buggy or confusing behavior with the bookmarks bar and moving tabs, and entire windows turning black after a while. See More

Top Pro

Customizable

Opera is full of user controlled settings. Everything can be imported and exported even RSS feeds. It can be skinned in a variety of different themes or it can be extended through the use of a large number of plugins available. See More

Top Con

Uneditable default search providers

It can not delete or replace already built-in search services such as Yahoo, Google, DuckDuckGo, and Wikipedia. See More

Top Pro

Builtin Ethereum wallet and web3 compatability

Top Con

Extension icons not directly moveable

Top Con

Same security-holes as Chrome

Opera uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome will also hack Opera. See More

Top Con

WebKit/Blink is not customisable or lightweight

Opera is built on WebKit/Blink, which means it shares cons of Chromium: high RAM usage (Not lightweight), lack of customizability. See More

Top Con

No menu bar

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DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser

Top Pro

Very protective of user privacy

DuckDuckGo does not collect or share any personal information. Their privacy page has a great rundown on why privacy is important. The most important repercussion of this is that DDG doesn't use the data collected to tailor results, avoiding exposure to the "Filter Bubble". See More

Top Con

Still not better than Google

Results are quite often not as good. They just lack resources to do it, for now. See More

CapableShennong's Experience

This browser uses wiki. Please be careful. See More

Specs

Category:Search engine

Top Pro

Ads are non-obstructive and don't track you

The ads are clearly labelled as ads and are non-obstructive. The ads are based on the searched keywords and there's no tracking involved on their visibility. You just need to remember that the site the ad links to might track you. See More

Top Con

Bing = DuckDuckGo

It uses Bing for the query. See More

PersonableMwari's Experience

Ease of use , can see trackers and Fire Buton See More

Top Pro

Infinite scroll of search results

DuckDuckGo results page is an infinite scrolling page, so you don't need to be clicking through pages. See More

Top Con

Needs a clearer vision of the future

What's duck's goal or quest? See More

Top Pro

Can function without JavaScript

Of course, it's nicer when enabled, but it's not required. Some browsers are too limited (mobile, terminal) or turn it off for security reasons (tor, etc.), and DDG still works. See More

Top Con

Bangs do not protect user privacy and can be misleading

Using these bangs will instantly connect you to the service you requested. For example typing “!g white cat with green eyes” and hitting return, drops you off on the Google website to display your results (thus logging your IP, search term and browser info immediately). It does not get you Google results inside DuckDuckGo. It is reasonable for DDG users to assume and expect a private search engine warns if there is a risk to that privacy being lost, like it does with Youtube videos but in the case of Bangs this does not happen. See More

Top Pro

Can disable advertisements

The search engine allows freely disabling ads. See More

Top Con

Shows too few images

When searching for images only, it shows too few of them and only a handful are related to the search terms. See More

Top Pro

Allows searching from specific sites using bangs

Bangs are commands that allow searching via a different website's local search engine, using keywords or abbreviations with an exclamation mark (!). For example searching "world war ii !wiki" will automatically redirect to Wikipedia.org and show results for the query "world war ii" there, instead of DuckDuckGo, using Wikipedia's search engine. The more common sites have shortened alternatives for these commands. Such as !g for Google, !i for images and !yt Youtube. The whole list of bangs can be found by typing "!bang" in DuckDuckGo. See More

Top Con

Horrible search results

They store no information about you (theoretically a pro) but this results in absolutely awful search results, and having to modify your search terms 4-5 times to get what you are looking for. See More

Top Pro

Sometimes results are better than Google

Sometimes the search results are better. Most of the times, they're at least as good as. See More

Top Con

Activism censorship

They started to block results based on activism. See More

Top Pro

Has a .onion site

Only accessible from Tor. See More

Top Con

Downranks "misinformation" results

Company announced that they are downranking misinformation results about the war by Russia media, after Russian's invasion of Ukraine. See More

Top Pro

Lets you go to other sites

You can go to the Wikipedia page for pigs by doing !w pig See More

Top Con

Irrelevant search results

They store no information about you (theoretically a pro) but this results in absolutely awful search results, and having to modify your search terms 4-5 times to get what you are looking for. See More

Top Pro

Has many fun features

For example, if you search "Color Picker" , you see a color picker. See More

Top Con

Doesn't do personalized searches

Since they don't track you the results are not tailored to your interests. See More

Top Pro

Good for Linux users

DuckDuckGo has an API with some websites. With the help of this API, if you search for a fix of a problem in Linux, you can easily find an answer to the problem. For example, if you search for "How to update linux", you will get a message like this: How to install updates via command line Try this: sudo apt-get update # Fetches the list of available updates sudo apt-get upgrade # Strictly upgrades the current packages sudo apt-get dist-upgrade # Installs updates (new ones) --SirCharlo See More

Top Con

Search results are often unrelated and limited

Common conversions do not work, i.e. searching for 15F to C does not give you the conversion but just a bunch of conversion websites. Very frustrating. It's a simple thing but makes a huge difference to the browsing/searching experience. Also location based only works for the country you're in. Searching for, say, McDonalds only gives country results for McDonalds and no local results such as where a local restaurant may be. Not very helpful. See More

Top Pro

Many customization options for appearance

DDG allows customizing almost any aspect of the search engine's appearance including fonts, page width, alignment, header behavior, site icons, etc and has a selection of premade themes available as well. See More

Top Con

Referrers

A referrer is an HTTP header field that identifies the address of the webpage (i.e. the URI or IRI) that linked to the resource being requested. By checking the referrer, the new webpage can see where the request originated.” Basically it tells a website where you came from. DDG does give this out. See More

Top Pro

Has a wide spectrum of instant answers

For select queries DDG pops up a box that supplies the exact answer. For example, searching "stopwatch" will pop up a stopwatch, asking for "words like..." will show a list of related words, typing "password" will generate a password, etc. See More

Top Con

DuckDuckGo and Yahoo Partnership

See here and here. See More

Top Pro

Lets you watch YouTube videos from the site

Duckduckgo lets you watch videos right from their site, so you can have more privacy than watching on youtube.com. See More

Top Con

Based in US, so they cannot guarantee there is no backdoor

Top Pro

No filter bubble

DuckDuckGo does not filter your searches with the data that they have. You get to see everything the Internet has to offer in a safe, private way. See More

Top Con

Sometimes uses results from wikipedia

Top Con

Owner would compromise his service/customer privacy

In a question to Weinberg, “if you were served an NSL or were commanded to compromise your service/customer privacy in any way, would you and could you just pull the plug like Lavabit did or would you run into opposition from shareholders/investors that would prevent you from doing so?” Gabriel Weinberg said: “No one is preventing me from doing that.” See More

Top Con

Hosted on Amazon servers (EC2)

Top Con

No date information in search results

In search results, there are no dates when the pages were published, which doesn't allow you to immediately know if the page is outdated. See More

Top Con

No version on ipad

There is a version available on iOS, but no ipad OS version yet. Ipad users will be out of luck for that time being. See More

Top Con

DuckDuckGo has many 'Owners'

DuckDuckGo is owned by Gabriel Weinberg who is is the founder, current CEO and controlling shareholder. Investors/shareholders include Union Square Ventures and several others. DuckDuckGo generates it’s income from advertising (Bing Ads) and collects affiliate revenue (Amazon, eBay). See More

Top Con

Cloud saving still needs work

Cloud save and the ability to pull up your settings on any device is a nice idea but the implementation needs work. See More

Top Con

Search using language other than English is not so great

Korean would never use it. See More

Top Con

DuckDuckGo has no 3rd party certifications

Top Con

Form over function (overall search experience is poor)

It's nice to adjust the settings and all but after a couple of days you will want to go back to a more functional search engine. Sure DDG looks shiny and !bangs are great but many wouldn't consider it as a viable alternative. Better results for search queries is more important than fancy looking CSS. See More

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Firefox Focus

Top Pro

Keeps your activities private

It automatically blocks any ad trackers and erases your browsing history which includes your passwords and cookies. See More

Top Con

Notification spam

Tells you to clean the browser every single time you open it. See More

MerryResheph's Experience

At this moment for me this is the best android web browser, I like automatically blocks any ad track, it's my predefined browser See More

Top Pro

Good loading speed

Since it blocks ads, trackers and other things that can slow down web pages, you'll be able to browse the web faster. See More

Miroslav's Experience

Private, fast and easy to use, elegant browser! Open-sourced and developed by Mozilla. My browser of choice! As it is very fast and private it can be used for everyday use together with a browser with your passwords and login information. See More

Top Pro

Simple to use

Top Pro

Suitable as a secondary browser for everyday use

As it is very fast and private it can be used for everyday use together with a browser with your passwords and login information. See More

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Opera Mini

Top Pro

Very light weight

Great for phones with lower RAM or performance issues. See More

Top Con

Many bugs

In extreme data saving mode, it sometimes won't load page correctly. See More

RationalAmirani's Experience

Extremely fast HTML5, at least in games and benchmarks. See More

Top Pro

Completely free

Top Con

Has issues while playing video

It will crash when you are playing video. See More

ShojiVR's Experience

Often crash when playing a video See More

Top Pro

Has built-in ad blocker

Top Con

Doesn't support some common modern browsers functionalities

Some web pages might look a bit broken but from personal experience it doesn't happen often enough (or at all) to be a major issue. See More

Top Pro

Has a data saver

Opera mini's data saver has two modes - regular and extreme. great for people with smaller data plans when not on wifi. Has also the ability to control the quality of downloaded images and some video optimizations. See More

Top Pro

Optimized for Facebook

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Chrome

Top Pro

Supports the latest web standards

Chrome for Android supports HTML5, CSS3, and many APIs. See More

Top Con

Allows Google to track essentially everything you visit with your browser

Chrome sends usage data to Google. See More

fifn2's Experience

It was very adapted to phones, and you can even download websites for offline. See More

Top Pro

Syncs with desktop browser

Chrome for Android will sync bookmarks, passwords, history, and open tabs from your desktop. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

Peter J. Mello's Experience

It should come as no surprise that the developers of the Android operating system (Google) are also leading the pack at browser development on it. I've used over two dozen browsers on devices large and small since the days of Gingerbread, and eventually always come back to Chrome. It will drive you nuts, but nothing else renders the pages as well or as usefully for a touch-screen interface. See More

Top Pro

Backed by Google

Like Android, Chrome is a Google product, which means the two technologies can be expected to grow together and remain compatible. See More

Top Con

More resource hungry

TactfulChalchiuhtotolin's Experience

browsing is chrome See More

Top Pro

Very user friendly UI

Top Con

Chrome favors Google's products and tries to satiate Google's data appetite, what hurts the user experience

CourteousAmanikable's Experience

Literally zero privacy using chrome or just Google in general See More

Top Pro

Same Product from Google

Best integration solution with OS #MadeByGoogle See More

Top Con

Lacks ad-blocking features

Chrome mobile does not support ad-blocking features unlike the Chrome desktop app. See More

ShojiVR's Experience

Doesn't support extension is dealbreaker for me See More

Top Pro

Preinstalled in most android devices

Most Android devices have google chrome preinstalled as part of ROM. See More

Top Con

Slightly heavier than other options

Chrome uses more system resources than most other browsers, which means it will run slower especially on lower end hardware. See More

Top Pro

Use websites offline

Top Con

Excessive permissions

The permissions required are excessive and intrusive (including record audio) - a few browsers require this, but there are several available that don't See More

Top Pro

No competition for chrome on android

Some says firefox, actually firefox is completely numb and buggy. Opera, firefox, uc browser this all are very much slower in front of chrome. O.K one and only faster browser than chrome is Puffin, but this one is very sticky and ugly user inerface. See More

Top Con

SSL Nanny

It is nice that Chrome is strict about SSL warnings, but it would be nice to have an option to connect anyway without needing a secondary browser. See More

Top Con

Lacks a download manager

Unlike most competitors, Chrome has no built-in download manager. See More

Top Con

Doesnt support extensions

All extension from chrome web store cannot be used on android version. See More

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Dolphin

Top Pro

Faster speeds with 'Jetpack' engine

Installed separately, Dolphin Jetpack uses a special rendering engine which claims speeds 2x faster than Chrome. See More

Top Con

No way to hide the address bar

Most browsers will automatically hide the address bar once you start scrolling down to increase display realestate available for the page. Dolphin does not do that. See More

DetailedCizin's Experience

The best. End of See More

Top Pro

User Agent support

Aside from requesting to display the desktop version of a website, Dolphin Browser also includes requesting to show the iPad, iPhone or custom version. See More

ResourcefulXucau's Experience

Excellent See More

Top Pro

Plugins

Plugins for Xmarks, Lastpass and other. Easy to turn them on and off. See More

Top Pro

Gesture recognition

Dolphin Browser allows you to create gestures for over 50 different actions, including launching your favorite sites. See More

Top Pro

Flash Player support on Android 4.4 KitKat (Unofficial)

Using a workaround, you can watch Flash-based videos in Dolphin Browser on devices running Android 4.4 KitKat. See More

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FOSS Browser

Top Pro

FOSS

The name itself suggest FOSS (Free Open Source Software). See More

Top Con

Android permission location

Today, most browser developers put 2 location permissions: 1) Precise & 2) Approximate, most people search goods & services "by typing name of specific region or place". i.e: books library in "name of city" So, is there any need to such permissions which is a privacy concern ? See More

DetailedApedemak's Experience

Backed by a alt right source code company (github). Dont use it. See More

Top Pro

Respects your privacy better than all other Chromium based browsers

Requires more flexibility if possible. See More

Top Con

Github users may track you

CapableShennong's Experience

This browser comes from Github. Please be careful. See More

Top Pro

No trackers

Recent version of app. See More

Top Con

Backed by Github.com

Github is known for making it open source, and hosting tech pros, open source user, and others. This was made to be better then Chrome. See More

KindheartedHunCame's Experience

User friendly browser ~SSTK (India) See More

Top Pro

Excellent flexible app user data management

Complete user's custom browser settings, database (site settings such as whitelisting, etc.) and bookmarks can be exported (as a backup) and then imported (to be restored for later use). Important Note: Before uninstalling and reinstalling the browser app, create an archive or a copy of the already backed-up data of it to another location of data storage. See More

Top Pro

UI/Handling

Optimized for one hand handling (toolbar at bottom). See More

Top Pro

Multi tab browsing

Tab control (switch, open, close unlimited tabs) mentioned by developer, supported (limit to device available memory). See More

Top Pro

Websearch (from marked text context menu)

Top Pro

Search on site

Top Pro

Advanced gesture control for toolbar and navigation button

Top Pro

Fast toggle for most important settings

Top Pro

Navigation button in fullscreen mode

Top Pro

Do not track me

Mentioned by developer. See More

Top Pro

Delete data on exit (optional)

Mentioned by developer. See More

Top Pro

Toggle image/third party content loading

Mentioned by developer. See More

Top Pro

Whitelist from setting

Whitelist for javascript, cookies and adblocker. See More

Top Pro

Third party cookies disabled by default

Mentioned by developer. See More

Top Pro

Custom user agent switcher

Supported & adaptive (most flexible). See More

Top Pro

Save web page as PDF (URL to PDF)

Supported (but check complexity of web page). See More

Top Pro

App optimization

Installation size under 10 to 20 MB (depends upon OEM manufacturer & data usage by user). See More

Top Pro

Adblock filters

Supported. See More

Top Pro

Excellent Bookmarks Management

Import & Export Bookmarks, very few browsers have this rare functionality. See More

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Yandex.Browser

Top Con

Made by russians

Top Pro

Supports extensions

Yandex browser supports Opera and Chrome extensions. See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

License:Proprietary

Browser Engine:Blink

Default Search Engine:Yandex

Top Con

Linux version still in beta

Top Pro

Can compress website contents and load pages faster

Compress the contents on the website so it loads webpages faster on 2G. See More

Top Pro

Uses blink engine

Blink is a solid and performant web browser engine that is currently used in Chrome, Opera and other Chromium based browsers. See More

Top Pro

Built-in ad blocker

Top Pro

Rapid development

Top Pro

Very lightweight and fast

Top Pro

Turbo mode

They cooperate with Opera browser having turbo mode embedded in the browser. This makes the browser a lot faster to use when the internet is slow. See More

Top Pro

Minimalistic and beautiful

Yandex seems to get their inspiration from Chrome and Safari making this an undoubtedly beautiful browser with its unique and good looks. See More

Top Pro

Built-in reading mode

Top Pro

Syncs with desktop browser

Top Pro

Great multitasking

You can switch between tabs by swipe left or right See More

Top Pro

Excellent UX even for people who use their phone one-handed

You can use the Yandex browser with one hand and it's good for phones with large screens and phablets. See More

Top Pro

Easy to reach the addressbar

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Tor Browser

Top Pro

Provides anonymity

Tor Browser routes traffic through the Tor network and deletes all privacy sensitive information (such as the browsing history or cookies) at the end of each session. Additionally, it encrypts all traffic. See More

Top Con

Tor is very outdated on Firefox code

It's not that it uses the same browser engine, just look at the logos. See More

CalmAkaManah's Experience

Firefox version out of date See More

Specs

Based On:Mozilla Firefox ESR

License:Open Source (MPL-2.0)

Browser Engine:Gecko

Platforms:Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android

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Top Pro

Tor sets the standard for safe and private browsing

If you follow their instructions religiously, Tor is the nec plus ultra in terms of safety and privacy. For the time being at least. See More

Top Con

Must adapt new browsing habits

It is not recommended to do several things TOR browser that users would want to do in a normal browser, such as visiting social networks and banking. See More

SuaveLluddLlawEraint's Experience

Bad. See More

Top Pro

Free and open source

Top Con

Not made as your daily browser

It does not support many modern features due security and is pretty slow. See More

Top Pro

Access hidden .onion sites

Top Con

Using Tor on Android is still not great

Samsung and LG will never use it. See More

Top Pro

The only browser package which includes a gateway build in into TOR a network where you can actually browse the web with completly anonymous or at least to whatever you browse on it

Privacy. It's fundamental. And this browser has enabled and keeps enabling people to lookup things they don't want their ISP/ government or surveillance marketers to see. And what's better they won't know a thing about what you searched. What is visible to the outside world however is the fact: you make use of TOR and probably the TOR Browser this client / citizen of ours is using TOR to obfuscate his /her traffic (=~anonymize ). See More

Top Con

You will hang on every recaptcha

Top Pro

Based on Firefox

Firefox is a great browser, and tor is built on it. See More

Top Con

Extremely slow

Caused by the tor network the browser depends on. See More

Top Pro

Relatively fast

Top Con

Dependent on Mozilla

Since it uses Gecko. See More

Top Pro

NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere installed by default

Top Con

Now a big target for hackers

Tor just became one of the most popular browsers in the world since other slant questions. This means that it is a big target for hackers, even though it has privacy protecting features. See More

Top Pro

Uses the Tor network

Top Con

Does not guarantee perfect anonymity unlike what most users would expect

Top Pro

Portable

Can be installed and run on a portable device such as a USB stick. See More

Top Con

Tor is a security risk

Due to dark web and source code hacking. See More

Top Pro

The only browser package which includes a gateway built-in into TOR a network where you can actually browse the web completely anonymously

Privacy. It's fundamental. And this browser has enabled and keeps enabling people to lookup things they don't want their ISP/ government or surveillance marketers to see. And what's better they won't know a thing about what you searched. What is visible to the outside world however is the fact: you make use of TOR and probably the TORBrowser this client / citizen of ours is using TOR to obfuscate his /her traffic (=~anonymize ). See More

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What are the best Android web browsers?

The Best 1 of 40 OptionsWhy?

Tor Browser

My Recommendation for Tor Browser

My Recommendation for Tor Browser

Provides anonymity

Tor is very outdated on Firefox code

Tor sets the standard for safe and private browsing

Must adapt new browsing habits

Free and open source

Not made as your daily browser

Access hidden .onion sites

Using Tor on Android is still not great

The only browser package which includes a gateway build in into TOR a network where you can actually browse the web with completly anonymous or at least to whatever you browse on it

You will hang on every recaptcha

Based on Firefox

Extremely slow

Relatively fast

Dependent on Mozilla

NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere installed by default

Now a big target for hackers

Uses the Tor network

Does not guarantee perfect anonymity unlike what most users would expect

Portable

Tor is a security risk

The only browser package which includes a gateway built-in into TOR a network where you can actually browse the web completely anonymously

39 Other Options Considered

Bromite

My Recommendation for Bromite

My Recommendation for Bromite

Still contains spyware

App optimization

Big target for hackers

Respects your privacy better than all other Chromium based browsers

Not secure

Optimizated RAM usage

Bromite = Google Chrome

Excellent bookmarks management

Eats up battery life

Up to date with the Chromium releases

Developer options

Browser aside app

Customizable adblock filters

AV1 codec support

Allows playing videos in background tabs and disable pause on switching tabs

Shows warnings for TLSv1.0/TLSv1.1 pages

Removes click-tracking and AMP from search results

Supports DNS over HTTPS

Brave

My Recommendation for Brave

My Recommendation for Brave

Built-in adblocking

Still dependent on Google

Takes care of privacy and security

Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement

Very fast

Brave is an Ad company

Free/libre software

Uses high data on mobile

Faster than Google Chrome

No cloud sync like Firefox

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Uses Google as its default search engine

Tor is available right in the browser

Download package is very large considering it as a browser

Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage

No way to modify the adblock settings

Optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Same security-holes as Chrome

Sync is now available

Power hungry, uses much more battery power than other browsers

Now supports Chrome Webstore

Blocking video van adds

Built-in torrent client

Controversy

Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

Promotes search engines that track users such as Bing and Google

Supports the latest technologies

Doesn't remove search engine ads

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