Another Chromium-based web browser? Samsung has just released the first stable version of its browser for Windows after it launched in Beta in January 2026. The new browser shares the engine with Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers, which means that you can expect a similar performance and compatibility.
Samsung’s main intention with the browser is to provide Galaxy-users with a seamless experience between their mobiles and desktop PCs that run Windows. This includes syncing data such as bookmarks or the browsing history between all linked devices, and integrating the password manager Samsung Pass.
It should not come as a surprise that these features need a Samsung account to function at all. However, at the time of writing, the features are limited to the company’s own Galaxy Books series of laptops. More precisely, Galaxy Books 3 to 6 are supported for now. This limits the reach severely.
Samsung has partnered up with Perplexity to drive AI features in the browser. You can expect the usual range, including natural language input for search and the browsing history, the summary of one or multiple webpages, and more.
The AI features are also limited, according to Samsung. Only users from the US and South Korea get the Perplexity-powered AI functions.
Other than that, you may enable an integrated content blocker and get some comfortable features, such as translating webpages.
Since Samsung Browser is Chromium-based, you may install compatible extensions, including from the Chrome Web Store. Installations work exactly as expected: click on the install button and accept the installation prompt to add an extension to Samsung Browser.
Who is Samsung Browser for then? The obvious answer is Samsung Galaxy customers who use one or multiple mobile devices from Samsung and also a Windows PC, preferably one of the Galaxy Books. Everyone else does not really get much out of this, as the main use case — accessing data everywhere — does not apply and because there is not really much in terms of standout features besides that.
“Only users from the US and South Korea get the Perplexity-powered AI functions.”
Does the rest of the world know how lucky it is?
HAHAHAHA!!!
Still, many rather let Samsung sell their data instead of Google and Microsoft. So if you just wanna stick it to the man a little bit, here’s another option.
There are browsers that do not sell your data. Like Brave, some Chromium variants and multiple forks of Firefox. Why would you stick it to “the man” by doing the same thing? Do you think they sell it to different data collectors?
Perplexity is super-malware. Of course I wouldn’t install a browser from Samsung regardless.
I thought Perplexity had their own browser.
Perplexity–excellent AI model; Mistral works well; ChatGPT offers some interesting insights. I’m sure all are tracking users because I typically receive “trash” mail after using them, even those that don’t require an email.
For some things, AI is a wonder; it can calculate financial/business scenarios in nano-seconds–whereas, it would be impossible math for me. Other times, in frustration, I sense I am training or providing more information than I am receiving. Shut it down. DDG AI is can be a nightmare when looking for a simple answer.
It can help with writing, too; I’ve used it at least a dozen times to help navigate through some sensitive emails, sensitive in the sense, “I don’t want this to blow up; I know the other end is upset.” Yesterday, Mistral helped me polish an email to a friend I hadn’t heard from in over one year. Great end result.
Wish more people would try AI–can save time, and it can be a total waste.
I’m also learning how to ask “AI” questions; in fact, it has proposed several times, when I’ve missed the mark and told it so, that if I want an answer for a particular problem I need to ask differently with different parameters.