The browser is one of the tools we use the most on the smartphone. Thanks to them, we have fast and secure access to our favorite sites as we would from a computer. Although Google Chrome is the undisputed king, it is not free from problems such as high memory consumption. Microsoft for its part, in the absence of one, has six browsers, but the one we are bringing today is not linked to any multi-million dollar company and will allow you to enjoy more privacy.
We are talking about an Open Source project that is still in development and is at its best. With the simple name of Browservio, it will conquer the most modest mobiles thanks to his good performance
Its simple name contrasts with the number of functions it has
Its latest version corresponds to the 4.3 numbering, although they are developing a big change that would change its name to Broswervio2 (still in alpha phase). With a weight of only three megabytes, hides a large number of functions. As soon as you open it, it will take you to Brave’s homepage, which is more private than Google’s.
However, we can change the behavior of this home page, as well as search suggestions, so if you’re very into Google services, you can use those too. As alternatives, it allows us to establish other search engines such as DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Bing or Baidu.
Its design retains the lines seen in Material You: fits our wallpaper, buttons and switches have system appearance and we can select light or dark mode. On the other hand, the interface is as simple as possible with the address bar at the top (as usual in this type of app) and a drop-down menu that remains hidden most of the time. Thus, we can browse the Internet without distractions.
By displaying this menu (by touching the arrow that we see next to the URL), we have access to the traditional functions to go back/forward, reload the page, go home, add to bookmarks, share, history and settings. All in a thin line that does not get in the way and gives quick access.
Browservio’s settings allow us to adapt it to our use.
In its settings we find many modifications that will allow us to leave it to our liking: we can change the search engine, the homepage, the search suggestions. But it also allows us to activate a tracking prevention mode so that websites do not collect personal data. Likewise, we have an option to clear the cache.
If we wish, from its simple menu we can change user agent to make us go through a desktop browser and thus see the websites in a computer version. It has been in development for over a year and at the moment the developer continues to update it, improve performance and add new features.
In case you are looking for an open, free and private browser, Browservio will meet your expectations. can download apk from the official repository hosted on GitLab. It installs like any other app, but remember to enable Unknown Sources.
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