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Fixed an issue of external apps not launching when making payments on some websites

Improved performance and stability

Increased number of days of History saved

Support of URL auto-complete in address bar

New support for syncing tab groups

Fixed an error in which apps terminated intermittently when entering full screen through the video assistant

Fixed an error in which deleted bookmarks were generated again on some devices

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Fixed abnormal termination when deleting all in the history screen

Fixed an error that occurred when making payments on certain websites

Fixed phenomenon in which letters were overlapping that occurred on certain websites when running Dark Mode

Fixed an intermittent delay error that occurred when entering the Bookmarks menu

Increase the number of History lists displayed

Improved Tab Manager list type UX in tablet devices

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Provides an option to move the Tab Bar and Bookmark Bar to the bottom

Provides an option to move the URL bar to the bottom of a tablet device

Fixed bugs and improved stability

Bookmarks folder search and tab group search supported

Delete history within designated period supported

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Provides “Privacy info” of each website

Improved Samsung Internet widgets

Supports add-ons in Secret Mode

Fixed an issue in which bookmarks were not showing on some devices

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Provides an option to move the URL bar to the bottom of Fold devices

Supports “Open links from other apps in Secret Mode”

Provides “Apply to this tab only” option so that zooming in/out of a webpage operates by tab

Activated “Switch to secure connection(HTTPS)” feature and made it an official menu (Labs -> Browsing privacy dashboard)

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Fixed occurrence of webpage being refreshed through optimization of memory usage

Fixed bugs and improved stability

Fixed intermittent freezing when loading certain websites

Fixed bugs and improved stability

Activation of “Smart anti-tracking” feature (Default On)

Privacy Report provided on the “Quick access” page

Supports Drag & Drop for tab groups and bookmarks bar

Improved Tools menu editing accessibility

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Improved dark mode

Improved tablet URL bar

Tab groups support

Fixed error that caused keyboard to close when typing in address bar

Solved freezing issue when swipe gestures performed during video playback in full screen

Fixed error in which history was not being displayed on some devices

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Move URL bar to the bottom (optional)

HTTPS priority connection (Labs feature)

Block tracking by invisible image ("Tracking Pixel")

Enhanced Search Experience in URL bar

Improved to make the entire Menu text visible when Select pop-up is selected

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Fixed operation errors related to Back-Forward cache (BF Cache)

Bug fix and stabilization

Search Widget

Blocking Fingerprinting tracking

Back-Forward cache support

Fixed Bookmarks malfunction and password mismatch error in Secret mode

Improved stability issues and applied new security patches

Bookmark bar

Site level settings for cookies, javascript and permissions

Enhanced 'Continue apps on other devices'

[Labs] Option to only apply dark mode defined by web sites (prefers-color-scheme)

More stability and security improvements

Fixed Flex mode related issues

Performance enhancement for Ad Blockers

Fixed JavaScript dialog issue for Web Apps

More stability and security improvements

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 87.4280

Security Control Panel for Enhanced Privacy

Apply device font settings to web pages (in Labs)

Enhanced Smart Anti-Tracking (v3.0)

Deprecated support for Android L OS

Fixed GIF autoplay error

Stability and security improvements

Improved Tab Manager animation

Fixed an error with 'Request desktop sites' that occurred on large screen tablets

Stability and security improvements

More Enhancements to Smart Protection

ARCore Upgrade

Trial support for prefers-color-scheme and color-scheme

Fixed an error in which only sound is played while video is not displayed

Fixed an error related to the Video Assistant button

Improved scroll performance and fixed status bar flickering when status bar is hidden

Fixed an error in which top URL bar is not shown

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 83.4103

Hide status bar option for Infinity Display

Enhanced Smart Protection

Additional gesture support in Video Assistant

Fixed issues with disabling ad blockers

Enhanced scrolling performance on certain web sites

Fixed errors when downloading large image files

Tuned Dark Mode background color for better visibility

Improved pinch zoom for mobile web pages

Improved Accuracy for geolocation information

Enhanced dark mode visibility for Find in pages results

Fixed issue with fullscreen switching in Video Assistant

Fixed pop-up zoomer error in desktop mode

Add Context menu support in the Tab Bar

New tab manager - Grid layout

Bug fixs

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 79.3945

Open links in secret mode from the context menu

More password manager apps are allowed to autofill ID and passwords

Stability and security improvements

Fix crashes related to web-site login

Fix ghost notifications of file downloads

Stability and security improvements

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

Fix popup-zoomer bug for desktop web sites

Fix loading error for bookmarked web sites

More stabilization and bug fixes

Stabilization and bug fixes

Preloaded on Samsung Galaxy devices with Android 10

One UI 2.0 support

Credential Management API support

Extensions (Android M OS and above, Galaxy Store Required)

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 75.3770

Video Assistant

Allowed Apps settings

Customize menu

Setting for Tab Bar

New UI for Tab manager

Category settings for News Notifications (US Only)

Quick Suggest News (India Only)

Stabilization and bug fixes

Stabilization and bug fixes

Quick Access sync

Stabilization and bug fixes

Preloaded on Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and more devices released after Aug, 2019

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 71.3578

QR Code reader

Tab Manager enhancements for Tablet devices

Web Push Notification manager

Per tab history navigation

Video autoplay settings

Rename homescreen shortcuts

Pause/Resume during "Save all images"

Bug fixes for dark mode and Secure Auto login in DeX

YouTube video seek with double tap gesture

Memory optimization

Smart Anti-Tracking

Save all images

Stabilization and bug fixes

Preloaded on Samsung Galaxy devices with Android P

One UI support

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 67.3396

Download Manager improvements

Quick Access sync via 'Smart Switch' (between devices with version 8.2 and above)

Stabilization and bug fixes

Preloaded on Samsung Galaxy Note 9 devices and more devices release after Aug, 2018

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 63.3239

Download Manager improvements

Add the setting to turn on/off the download confirmation popup

Fix the bug for downloading files into the root folder

Reader mode enhancements

Stabilization and bug fixes

Protected Browsing

URL bar layout improvements

Stabilization and bug fixes

Preloaded on Samsung Galaxy devices with Android O*

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 59.3071

Download manager

Stabilization and bug fixes

Available in Galaxy Store and Google Play for all phones and tablets running Android 5.0 and above

Night mode improvement

High contrast mode

Instant App support

Tracking Blocker

Downloadable Browser Bookmark sync

Preloaded on Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and more devices release after Sep, 2017

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 56.2924

Available in Samsung Galaxy Store and Google Play for Samsung Galaxy, Nexus and Pixel phones running Android 5.0 and above.

Swift key support

Performance enhancements and Bug fixes

Available in Samsung Galaxy Store and Google Play for Samsung Galaxy, Nexus and Pixel phones running Android 5.0 and above.

Tab navigation with swipe gesture

Quick Menu

Enhanced Navigation Page (China only)

Content Blocker Status UI (in menu)

Preloaded on Samsung Galaxy 8 and more devices released after Feb, 2017

Samsung Dex Support

CloseBy

Web Payment-Deep integration with Samsung Pay

Progressive Web App indication badge

Available on Samsung Galaxy Store for Galaxy S6, and Galaxy S7 devices in Europe and USA. Also included in the firmware upgrade to Android N

Web Payment

Enhanced video assistant

Web engine is upgraded to Chromium 51.2704

Available in Samsung Galaxy Apps and Google Play store for Galaxy S7+, S7, Note5, S6 Edge+, S6 Edge, S6, S6 Active, Note4, S5, S5 Neo, S5 Active, S5 Sports, S5 LTE A, Note3, S4, S4 Duos, S4 Active, S4 LTE A, A7, A8, A5x, A7x, and A9x with Android 5.0 and above

Iris Scanner Support in Secret Mode and Web Auto Login

Web Content Provider Extension

QR Code reader

Video Assistant

360° Video Support

Available in Samsung Galaxy Apps and Google Play store for Galaxy S7+, S7, Note5, S6 Edge+, S6 Edge, S6, S6 Active, Note4, S5, S5 Neo, S5 Active, S5 Sports, S5 LTE A, Note3, S4, S4 Duos, S4 Active, S4 LTE A, A7, A8, A5x, A7x, and A9x with Android 5.0 and above

Text size setting for web pages

Included in the Android M OS upgrade release for Samsung Galaxy devices

Secret Mode

Content Cards

Floating Video

Video History

Web Push

Service Workers

Custom Tabs

Content Blocker Extension

Web Engine is upgraded to Chromium 44.2403

Quick Access

Navigation Page

Shortcut Promotion Banner

Audio Notification

Data Saving Mode

Web Engine is upgraded to Chromium 38.2125

Support Oculus Go.

Fix out of sync audio in Youtube video.

DNLA Support.

Improved Performance of Fullscreen Video to Reduce Battery Consumption.

Improved Quality of Fullscreen Video.

Add JIGSAW content with Virtual Room powered by Unity.

Secret mode.

Content Blockers.

Related Video Recommendation.

Update Change Background Image “360Cities”.

Improved WebVR performance.

More bigger screen sizes.

Supports media scanning and folder structure in “My Files”.

Featured Media.

Gear VR Controller Support.

Mirroring with TV.

Change Background (with Open JSON API).

USB OTG Support.

SkyBox Setting.

On-screen keyboard Multi-language support.

English, French, Italian, German, Korean, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Russian.

Streaming 180° Video.

Video Assistant.

Support updated JavaScript APIs for WebVR (reflect the specification version Editor’s Draft, 1 April 2016).

Seamless integration with Samsung Internet for Android.

Video History.

Bluetooth Device Support.

Reorientation.

Streaming 3D 360° Video Support.

HTML5 Video Dimension Type Support.

3D/360° Image Support.

Web Engine version is Chromium 44.2403.