Friday 21 June 2013

5 Most Popular Android Web browsers in world

The Opera mini is still most used but Dolphin has eclipsed it in user ratings. Popular browsers have their variants too. I composed this post on user ratings, average rating and downloads.
(1) Opera Mini:
The most popular web browser for mobile phones. It is less than 1 Mb in size, requires Android 1.5 and up, and is downloaded over 100 million times and 966,000+ ratings and average user rating is 4.5.
Top features:
Fast and lightweight
Open different tabs and switch between them
Speed Dial
Smart Page for favorite sites and shortcuts
JavaScript ads blocked
(2) Dolphin
The most liked web browser on Play Store that is downloaded about 50 million times. Current version is 4.9 MB in size and requires Android 2.0.1 and up. It has 1,098,504 votes with 4.7 average rating.
Top features:
Multi tabbed
Smart sharing
Use of gestures
Dolphin connect for sharing and syncing
Dolphin add-ons
(3) Google Chrome
Google Chrome is from Google; it is most liked android browser on Google+. User have downloaded it about 100 million times and voted this app over 350,000 with average rating of 4.2. App size and the compatibility vary with device.
Top Features:
Sign and sync with computers
open multiple tabs and switch between them
Incognito browsing
Simplified search
Browse faster
(4) Firefox
Firefox changed the web, people downloaded it about 50 million times and voted over 291,000 times with an average rating of 4.3. Download size and compatibility varies with device.
Top features:
Add-ons
HTML 5 support
Sync history, bookmarks, passwords with desktop
Private browsing
Fast browsing and awesome screen
(5) UC Browser
UC is from a Chinese company. Download size is 11 Mb and requires 2.1 and above OS. Users have downloaded about 50 million times and voted over 129,000 times with an average rating of 4.5.
Top features:
Play videos on the web directly or download
Multiple start screens
Incognito browsing
Smart ad blocking

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