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amendez92
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Is Android Browser the in-app browser?

  • July 21, 2022
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Which is the browser tagged as Android Browser as Browser = Android Browser and Browser Type = Google?

 

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Best answer by Jennifer_Dungan

I believe this is how some "white labeled" browsers on some devices come through... some Android OS create their own skinned version of Chrome/Chromium... the icons are generally:

 

 

They are essentially "Chrome" but not Chrome.... or at least based off of the Chromium code base. 

 

I don't think there are many companies still building these out.. they seemed more popular about 10 years ago... I suspect if you correlate the OS you will find it's pretty old (Android 6 or 7 maybe, possibly older)

 

And yes, in the device it literally identifies as "Android Browser", it's not some fancy grouping on Adobe's side.

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Jennifer_Dungan
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Community Advisor and Adobe Champion
July 21, 2022

I believe this is how some "white labeled" browsers on some devices come through... some Android OS create their own skinned version of Chrome/Chromium... the icons are generally:

 

 

They are essentially "Chrome" but not Chrome.... or at least based off of the Chromium code base. 

 

I don't think there are many companies still building these out.. they seemed more popular about 10 years ago... I suspect if you correlate the OS you will find it's pretty old (Android 6 or 7 maybe, possibly older)

 

And yes, in the device it literally identifies as "Android Browser", it's not some fancy grouping on Adobe's side.

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amendez92Author
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July 29, 2022

Hello!

 

It couldn't be a old version because is the first case on our reports and it appears with new phones like S21 Ultra:

 

I supposed that this could be native browser for instagram or any like this type of browsers.

What do you think?

 

Jennifer_Dungan
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Jennifer_DunganCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
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July 29, 2022

It may be that the new "Samsung Internet" browser that comes pre-packaged with those phones all just bundle under "Android Browser" - A few years ago, I recall seeing "Samsung Browser" and "Android Browser"... so it's possible that Samsung has started using a more generic user agent string, or that Adobe is bundling a lot of white label browsers like that together... I don't have an S21 to test this out... but it's likely the "default" pre-loaded white labeled chromium browser.

 

And since I see a Huawei in there, likely their white labeled browser variant... again, either due to generic user agent values, or Adobe bundling them....

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