Fellow Home windows victims, rejoice: we have been blessed with yet-another-browser-option. Samsung’s well-liked Web Browser has formally launched on desktops after a protracted beta interval, that means that anybody can begin utilizing it.
It is an fascinating transfer from Samsung. Web Browser is likely one of the most extremely rated Android browsers, however that is partly as a result of sheer weight of Samsung homeowners worldwide. Not that many people don’t love Web Browser regardless — many discover Web Browser a greater cell browser than Chrome and keep it up regardless, because it’s deeply built-in into One UI and its numerous apps and providers.
The massive query is, how does Samsung Web translate to Samsung Browser, the place it does not maintain an computerized benefit over most of its opponents?
Samsung Browser offers us one other Chromium-based browser possibility
However it’s straightforward to make use of
Samsung is instantly on the again foot on Home windows. It is vastly extra aggressive, with Chrome holding round 70-75 % of the worldwide browser market, and everybody else battling it out for scraps. Given that is one more Chromium browser, it is tough to see the way it can actually differentiate from the quite a few different choices.
After heading to Samsung Browser and downloading the newest model, the set up course of is easy and as you’d anticipate. Hearth up the installer, select an appropriate listing, and it does the remaining. There aren’t any hidden surprises within the set up course of, as you’d anticipate from a number one tech firm like Samsung.
From there, you meet the import your information display screen, which is helpful. You have got the choice to import from Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or… Web Explorer. Sure, that Web Explorer, the one which hasn’t existed correctly as a each day driver since at the very least 2022. I imply, you possibly can nonetheless entry Web Explorer on Home windows 11 if you already know the place to look, however I battle to think about anybody must import their bookmarks and so forth from it.
That apart, the import course of labored high-quality, and all the things I needed to reach in Samsung Browser did, so I may begin utilizing my common accounts with out a lot trouble. I additionally appreciated the choice to toggle on an built-in ad-blocker.
When you click on by means of these pages, although, you are met with the sudden familiarity — Samsung Browser is definitely primarily based on Chromium, the identical challenge that powers Google Chrome, Courageous, Opera, and what looks like each browser bar Firefox today. The acquainted menu stylings of Chrome are all right here, together with all the opposite Chromium bits we love, akin to a safe password supervisor, extension assist, correct DRM assist, and extra.
One function I am not sticking with is the default browser background, which was like being caught inside a unicorn, burning the colours from a 7-year-old’s party into my retinas. Fortunately, that is all customizable, however wow, Samsung, select a extra sympathetic coloration scheme for the default subsequent time.
Samsung Browser hits the bench(marks)
First rate however not spectacular
So sure, it is one other Chromium-based browser, and it is hardly pushing the envelope in design and expertise, however at the very least we all know Samsung Browser is secure and can seemingly carry out nicely.
With 5 tabs and 33 sub-processes open, Samsung Browser used round 1GB RAM. Opera used round 1.3GB, Vivaldi used round 1.1GB, Courageous used 800MB, and Chrome used round 1.2GB. So, so far as RAM consumption goes, pretty customary, although I’ve to say this wasn’t a massively scientific check, so your mileage will almost certainly range. Additionally — wow — go Courageous.
Browser
RAM Consumption (5 Tabs)
Courageous
800MB
Samsung Browser
1GB
Vivaldi
1.1GB
Chrome
1.2GB
Opera
1.3GB
I additionally took Samsung Browser for a spin on the go-to browser benchmarking device, Speedometer 3.1 — and this time, I used to be shocked by the outcomes. Seems, Samsung Desktop might be fairly the performer, giving me a lot quicker speeds than Chrome, which I anticipated, but additionally Thorium (a stripped-out model of Chrome), which I did not. Over 5 checks, it scored a median of 29.1, which considerably outranks Google Chrome on my {hardware}.
Browser
Speedometer 3.1 (Larger is Higher)
Chrome
23.2
Thorium
26.0
Samsung Browser
29.1
Speedometer 3.1 is hardware-specific. What works on my {hardware} (AMD Ryzen 7 5800x, 32GB RAM, GTX 1070) will likely be completely different on yours.
Samsung Browser does really feel snappy. Pages load shortly, and the general expertise is responsive. It is a good change from what Chrome chugs alongside, it must be mentioned.
Built-in Galaxy AI wants appreciable work
Preserve your Claude tab open
The built-in Galaxy AI summarization device, from my expertise, wants some appreciable work. It has two modes: Customary and Detailed. Okay, that is high-quality; it is restricted, however you possibly can select.
The issue I discovered is that neither mode actually delivers a lot by means of evaluation, and in some circumstances, it’s outright pointless. I requested each to summarize a current information piece explaining that you could lastly import your ChatGPT and Claude chats into Gemini. Galaxy AI actually struggled to supply something of value about this web page, with each variations of the device struggling to maneuver previous the thought of “Consolidation,” with the Detailed model being barely extra verbose however solely mustering two sentences.
Looking on the MakeUseOf homepage, Galaxy AI accurately mentioned it is a tech web site, however did not present any data on the articles it may see, the titles, themes, or actually something.
Hardly a searing slam dunk within the face of different browsers with AI, and even simply holding your favourite AI device open in a pinned tab that you could entry all day lengthy.
What I do not totally perceive is the place the remainder of the AI options are. The abstract function had extra to say about Samsung’s personal web page speaking about this browser, however the identical web page reveals a completely built-in AI assistant serving to you propose journeys, meals, workflows, and so forth. The place is it? I’ve made certain to obtain the browser and test it is up to date, created an account, restarted the browser, and made certain the Looking Help function is turned on, however I can’t entry the additional options.
I am placing it all the way down to teething issues and one thing that Samsung will repair quickly, nevertheless it’s irritating that that is lacking at launch.
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This browser gives Chrome familiarity with much less reminiscence use and hidden monitoring.
It is a browser for Samsung homeowners
Everybody ought to use one thing completely different
When you’ve got a Samsung system, Samsung Browser is a good possibility. For everybody else, higher choices exist that do not prioritize particular gadgets. I do know, I do know: it is actually Samsung Browser, and I ought to anticipate that it prioritizes its gadgets.
That may be true, nevertheless it additionally makes it a very pointless expertise for everybody else. I am signed into Samsung Web on my telephone and Samsung Browser on my desktop with the identical account, and I can not sync tabs, historical past, or in any other case. However within the different browsers I exploit each day, akin to Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Vivaldi, that is computerized, default habits, irrespective of the telephone I exploit.
Once more, may this be an early rollout teething downside? Doubtlessly. However given Samsung Browser was in beta again in November 2025, it appears to have taken a severe downturn since then. On the very least, I can not actually see the place it has progressed as a result of the options that I would like to make use of — built-in agentic AI and system sync — do not work.
So, at the very least for now, give Samsung Browser a cross till it may well determine what it actually needs to be on Home windows.
