# Samsung Internet

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.
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.
In November 2023, Samsung Internet was released for Microsoft Windows via the Microsoft Store 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.
| Version | Based on | Release date | New features |
| 1.0 | Chromium 18 | 2012 | |
| 1.5 | Chromium 28 | | |
| 2.0 | Chromium 34 | | |
| 3.0 | Chromium 38 | August 2015 | Quick Access, Navigation Page, Shortcut Promotion Banner, Audio Notification, Data Saving Mode |
| 4.0 | Chromium 44 | early 2016 | secret mode, content cards, a floating video, a video history feature, web push, service workers, custom tabs, and a content blocker extension. |
| 4.2 | Chromium 44 | October 4, 2016 | Iris Scanner Support in Secret Mode and Web Auto Login, Web Content Provider Extension, QR Code reader, Video Assistant, 360° Video Support |
| 5.0 | Chromium 51 | December 16, 2016 | web payment and an enhanced video assistant. |
| 5.2 | Chromium 51 | February, 2017 | Samsung Dex Support, CloseBy, Web Payment-Deep integration with Samsung Pay, Progressive Web App indication badge |
| 5.4 | Chromium 51 | Beta March 2017 Stable May 2017 | tab navigation with a swipe gesture, a quick menu, an enhanced navigation page (China only), and a content blocker status UI (in menu). |
| 6.0 | Chromium 56 | September 8, 2017 |
| 6.2 | Chromium 56 | October 30, 2017 | high contrast mode and night mode. |
| 6.4 | Chromium 56 | February 19, 2018 | download manager and enabled Web Bluetooth by default. |
| 7.0 | Chromium 59 | March 7, 2018 |
| 7.2 | Chromium 59 | June 7, 2018 | WebGL2, Intersection Observer, Web Assembly and Protected Browsing. |
| 7.4 | Chromium 59 | August 19, 2018 | authentication with Intelligent Scan, a customised Reader Mode and Download History improvements. |
| 8.0 | Chromium 63 | August, 2018 |
| 8.2 | Chromium 63 | December 21, 2018 | improved Download Manager, an improved Reader Mode, bug fixes and stabilization, and quick access sync via Smart Switch. |
| 9.0 | Chromium 67 | February 20, 2019 | One UI support |
| 9.2 | Chromium 67 | April 2, 2019 | removed 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. |
| 9.2.10.15 | Chromium 67 | May 19, 2019 | a +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. |
| 9.4 | Chromium 67 | July 22, 2019 | a 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. |
| 10.0 | Chromium 71 | August, 2019 |
| 10.1.00.27 | Chromium 71 | September 8, 2019 | Quick Access data synchronization and an even furthered refined user interface, and including bug fixes and stabilization. |
| 10.1.01.3 | Chromium 71 | October 3, 2019 | fixed bugs affecting mirroring in Bookmarks, History and Saved pages for right-to-left languages and refined the user interface again. |
| 10.2.00.53 | Chromium 71 | November 24, 2019 | Video 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. |
| 10.2.01.10 | Chromium 71 | January 14, 2020 | an 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. |
| 11.0 | Chromium 75 | February, 2020 | One UI 2.0 support, Credential Management API support, Browser Extensions (which require Android Marshmallow or later and a Galaxy Store account) |
| 11.1.1.52 | Chromium 75 | February 25, 2020 | A redesigned Go to Top button and UI, Quick access, bug fixes and stabilization, and improving performance. |
| 11.2 | Chromium 75 | March 1, 2020 | Smart 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 |
| 12.0.1.47 | Chromium 79 | June 19, 2020 | Open links in secret mode from the context menu, more password manager apps are allowed to autofill ID and passwords, and stability and security improvements. |
| 13.0.1.64 | Chromium 83 | November 19, 2020 | Hide status bar option for Infinity Display, Enhanced Smart Protection, Additional gesture support in Video Assistant |
| 14.0.1.62 | Chromium 87 | Beta March 2021 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) |
| 15.0.2.47 | Chromium 90 | Beta July 2021 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. |
| 16.0.2.19 | Chromium 92 | Stable November 26, 2021 | |
| 17.0.6.9 | Chromium 96 | Stable June 14, 2022 | |
| 18.0 | Chromium 99 | Beta June 28, 2022 Stable August 6, 2022 | Toolbar customization, CNAME Cloaking Protection |
| 19.0 | Chromium 102 | Beta August 23, 2022 Stable November 1, 2022 | WebXR Incubations |
| 20.0 | Chromium 106 | Beta Dec 20, 2022 Stable February 19, 2023 | Bookmarks folder search |
| 21.0 | Chromium 110 | Beta April 18, 2023 | |
| 22.0 | Chromium 111 | Stable July 14, 2023 | |
| 23.0 | Chromium 115 | Stable October 18, 2023 | Increased number of days of History saved, support of URL auto-complete in address bar, new support for syncing tab groups |
| 24.0 | Chromium 117 | | |
| 25.0 | Chromium 121 | | Attribution reporting (experimental, requires flag to enable) |