Mozilla plans to introduce a new “reader” mode in future versions of the Firefox web browser for Android devices. Reader mode strips away sidebars, advertisements, and pretty much everything but the text and pictures in an article. It’s something that’s currently offered by the Safari web browser for iOS and some third party Android apps such as Readability. Soon it will be baked into Firefox… Read more »

Google has released a new version of the Chrome web browser for Google Android phones and tablets with a handful of new features. The biggest chance is probably that latest beta lets you request the desktop version of a website instead of the mobile version. This is a feature that we’ve seen in other web browsers, including the default Android 4.0 browser. But it’s a… Read more »

The Google Chrome beta web browser for Android is fast, powerful, and offers some nifty features such as the ability to synchronize your bookmarks and currently open browser tabs across multiple devices. But one thing it doesn’t support is Adobe Flash. If you want to view a Flash video or play a Flash game, you’ll have to switch web browsers. A new free app called… Read more »

The Dolphin web browser for Android offers a number of features you don’t get with the standard Android web browser, including support for browser tabs in Android 2.3 and earlier, support for add-ons, gesture-based commands, and voice commands. Now the developers have released a public beta of Dolphin Browser 8 with a new toolbar and improved add-on navigation. The first thing Dolphin users will notice… Read more »

Opera has released an updated version of the Opera Mini web browser for Android. Opera Mini 7 offers a better Speed Dial bookmarking feature, support for NFC (Near Field Communication), and OpenGLES hardware graphics acceleration. The Opera Mini web browser is available as a free download from the Google Play Store. Opera actually offers two different web browsers for mobile devices: Opera Mobile and Opera… Read more »

Opera has released a major update to is web browser for Android and Symbian, as well as a minor update to its iOS web browser. Opera Mobile 12 for Android and Symbian includes a wide range of support for improved HTML5 features, with the Android version getting the lion’s share of new features. Among other things, Opera Mobile 12 for Android can now allow websites… Read more »

The default web browser on Android phones and tablets uses the same WebKit rendering engine as the Google Chrome web browser for desktop and laptop computers. But it’s not Chrome. But today Google has launched the first version of Chrome for Android. It looks like the desktop version of Chrome and features the same omnibox that lets you enter a URL or a search query — with… Read more »

Mozilla has been offering mobile versions of the Firefox web browser for Android since earlier this year, but up until recently the browser was built using Mozilla’s own tools rather than native Android UI widgets. This week the developers released the first nightly builds of Firefox which use native Android tools to reduce memory usage and improve speed. You can download the latest builds from… Read more »

Mozilla has released Firefox 8 for Windows, Mac and Linux… and today the company also released an updated version of its mobile browser for Google Android. You can grab Firefox 8 for free from the Android Market. While the latest version of Firefox mobile has the same version number as its desktop cousin and uses the same rendering engine, the desktop and mobile versions of… Read more »

Opera launched new versions of its mobile web browsers for pretty much every mobile operating system imaginable today… except Android. And that’s only because the Android apps received the same update a few weeks ago. But if you’re using iOS, BlackBerry, S60, or J2ME you can grab Opera Mini 6.5 for your device. Opera Mobile 11.5 is also available for S60. And MeeGo users can check out… Read more »