This is the best browser for Android (hint: it’s not Chrome) – Hypertext

For a long time I think one of the things that Android is damaging to your browser. In the beginning it took to reach a good level of fluency, and when I got with Ice Cream Sandwich and GPU acceleration, replaced its development with a browser that was already a symbol of Google and had many supporters within the community, Chrome . However, Chrome seems like a great scourge in performance-in other aspects has many advantages-and his lack of speed compared to browser, for example, the integrated iOS or Samsung, is notorious.

And despite all these advantages I say that has Chrome, prefer speed and lower consumption of resources and midrange-fundamental undertone in many functionality. And according to these parameters, efficiency and aesthetics, the best browser for me there in Android Browser called Lightning. It is not new, but its recent upgrade to Material Design has seen him put in my sights and has stayed as my default. Although I lost markers Google, I could import them, so the transition has been painful. If you like to take advantage of the screen of your smartphone, Lightning Browser also seems to me an excellent option as well conceal their own navigation bar, hiding the status bar of Android, which reigns content on the screen.

Similar to Chrome so, Lightning can” color “the top bar depending web browsing where we are . In Google, for example, it would be blue. To access open tabs, simply side swipe from the left, and to display bookmarks from the right. Has read, I use to focus when I read articles, to the Pocket, and like the latter, it also leaves dark theme select mode. And thanks to the text-reflow and opcinalmente automatically adjusts the text of the web.

Finally time to talk about performance and speed. The management of RAM is much better than Chrome . In a heavy web, Chrome consumed 205 MB of RAM. Lightning, about 160 MB, something that many people, and I when I was a Moto G, valued enormously. As for speed, it uses the Webkit engine present in Android, and notice it much faster than other options that I’ve had.

In conclusion, there is more complete than Lightning options as there are always all kinds of applications in different categories, but if want simplicity and speed , as I seek, it is the best that you can install on all types of terminals with Android

Download : Lightning Browser. Free

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