{"id":151625,"date":"2026-04-02T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=151625"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:01:38","slug":"samsung-releases-a-browser-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/samsung-releases-a-browser-for-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Releases A Browser For Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-969322411\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>Previously only supporting Android mobile devices, the <a href=\"https:\/\/browser.samsung.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Browser<\/a> is now available for Windows PCs.<\/p>\n<h2>Samsung Browser Privacy<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Intro.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151626\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Intro.png\" alt=\"samsung-browser-intro\" width=\"571\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Intro.png 571w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Intro-350x65.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Intro-150x28.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=samsung\">Samsung<\/a> is yet another browser claiming to put &#8220;privacy first&#8221;, and its privacy settings do appear to back up the claim:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Privacy-Settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151629\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Privacy-Settings.png\" alt=\"samsung-browser-privacy-settings\" width=\"597\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Privacy-Settings.png 597w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Privacy-Settings-350x159.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-Privacy-Settings-150x68.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the above screenshot, Samsung Browser&#8217;s privacy settings include anti-tracking, an ad-blocker, redirection mitigation, and a pop-up blocker. As well as security features such as a malicious site warning system and HTTPS everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>In order to check the effectiveness of these privacy measures, I ran Samsung Browser through <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/the-threat-of-browser-fingerprinting\/\">Cover Your Tracks<\/a> (CYT) with the following results:<\/p><div id=\"daves-1430626283\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>First, a warning:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Warning.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151627\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Warning.png\" alt=\"samsung-browser-cyt-warning\" width=\"506\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Warning.png 506w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Warning-350x40.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Warning-150x17.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Followed by CYT&#8217;s scan results:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Results.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-151628\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Results-640x112.png\" alt=\"samsung-browser-cyt-results\" width=\"640\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Results-640x112.png 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Results-350x61.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Results-150x26.png 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Samsung-Browser-CYT-Results.png 687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, blocking trackers was only partially effective, and there is no anti-fingerprinting feature at all. A &#8220;unique&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/the-threat-of-browser-fingerprinting\/\">fingerprint<\/a> is not good, meaning that the fingerprint can be used to track your online activity.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry to harp, I know I&#8217;ve said this many times over, but a browser without any anti-fingerprinting measures cannot claim optimum privacy. As far as I am aware, the only browser at this time that does include an effective anti-fingerprinting feature is the <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/browser-privacy-fact-or-fiction\/\">Brave browser<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"daves-1273123575\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Samsung Browser AI &amp; Search<\/h2>\n<p>The browser includes an AI assistant developed in partnership with Perplexity, which is context-aware and analyzes content on the active webpage to provide responses relevant to what is currently displayed. Its capabilities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using natural language rather than keywords or dates when searching browsing history<\/li>\n<li>Jumping to specific timelines within videos<\/li>\n<li>Generating structured plans or summaries<\/li>\n<li>Simultaneously summarizing and comparing content across multiple open tabs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this point in time, there doesn&#8217;t appear to be any options to disable AI features.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most mainstream browsers, which provide a dropdown list of multiple available search engines to choose from, the only search engine available natively in the Samsung Browser is <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=google\">Google<\/a>. However, other search engines can be added manually.<\/p>\n<h2>Samsung Browser Sync<\/h2>\n<p>Syncing Samsung Browser across multiple devices is the feature that will likely appeal to Android users the most. By connecting their <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=samsung\">Samsung mobile devices<\/a> with desktop installations, users can pick up where they left off on webpages across devices.<\/p><div id=\"daves-3291567269\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-3 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The browser also supports Samsung Pass, which securely stores sign-in credentials and personal information across connected devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other features<\/strong> include a Side Panel, Tab Manager, and Secret Mode (similar to Incognito and Private Mode)<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOTTOM LINE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>In its current form, I doubt the Samsung Browser will make substantial inroads into the PC browser market share. However, as I mentioned earlier, it&#8217;s likely that the sync feature will appeal to <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?s=samsung\">Samsung mobile<\/a> users.<\/p><div id=\"daves-1710620340\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-4 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For more details, plus a direct download link, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/browser.samsung.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Browser For Windows<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-894154436\" class=\"daves-after-content daves-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously only supporting Android mobile devices, the Samsung Browser is now available for Windows PCs. Samsung Browser Privacy Samsung is yet another browser claiming to put &#8220;privacy first&#8221;, and its privacy settings do appear to back up the claim: As you can see from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[771],"class_list":["post-151625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-browser","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}