In the previous post we have seen about browsers for Desktop. In this post let’s delve deeper into the field of mobile browsers.
Mobile usage over the years have increased by a significant amount. People today spend most of the time in mobile rather than in desktops. Therefore, a good mobile browsing experience is required so that people can surf more.
Mobile browsers are available for two main mobile platforms namely iOS and Android. And most of the mobile browsers available are free of cost. That means you can easily download it from the App Store. Here are some of the main mobile browsers available today.
Google Chrome: As we have seen in the previous post about the Google Chrome desktop browser. Like the Desktop browser, Google Chrome is also available for mobile devices. Some of the salient features of Chrome are: Chrome is a relatively fast browser, the browser allows safe browsing, allows Incognito Mode to allow for safe browsing, etc. Another important feature of the Chrome browser is the built-in Google translate, Voice Search, and the Data Saver feature which allows navigating the web with more than 50% less data.
Platforms available: iOS, Windows, Download Google Chrome for mobile here.
2. Safari: This is a great web browser available for iPhones and iPads. The browser has an awesome user interface. Some of the salient features of the Safari browser are the auto reader view, block cookies option and an option to save web pages for the Safari Reading List.
Platforms available: iOS, Download Safari for mobile here.
3. Firefox Focus Browser: Mozilla makes two Firefox applications for the mobile platform. One is the Firefox browser and another is the Firefox Focus Browser which is its “privacy browser”. The Focus browser is fast and it allows one tap erase of its history. The browser is also light-weight and can be installed easily.
Platforms available: iOS and Android Download Firefox Focus for mobile here.
4. Opera Mini Browser: Opera browser is good but the Opera Mini is a great browser. Some of the excellent features are data savings, faster browsing, smart night mode, video boost, etc. While the Opera browser is available for Android, Opera Mini is available for both iOS and Android.
Platforms available: iOS, Android and other basic phones.
5.Dolphin Browser: This is a new browser. It offers some lovely features for mobile web browsing. These features include multiple tabs bar, personalized search, incognito browsing, ad block, HTML 5 Video player and so on.
6. Surfy Browser. Windows phone users use the Surfy Browser. This browser is used for voice search plus a lot of other features. Some of the salient features include the text to speech engine, searchable history, night dimmer and private browsing at startup.
7. Puffin Browser: It sounds like Muffin but it’s called the Puffin browser. This is a relatively new browser available in the market today. Puffin Browser claims itself to be a super fast browser. And there claim is indeed true. I checked the Puffin browser it loads pages twice as fast as any other browser available in the market.
In addition to the super fast speed, Puffin allows colored themes, incognito mode, secure browsing, and huge bandwidth savings.
Thus we saw various different browsers today. I wrote this post only after testing each one of them individually. The browsers of today have improved a lot. For example, many people haven’t heard of the Puffin Browser. And slowly the new browsers are being increasingly accepted. If you see the download count you will be amazed to see that Dolphin browser has already around 50 million installs.
The landscape of browsing is changing fast. People have more choices now. With improved AI technologies, browsing experience will improve further. In the future, there is a possibility for AI maneuvered browsers.
