7 Quick and light browser for Android

If you old smartphone on Android, the web browsers like Chrome and Firefox can greatly reduce the performance of the device. They take up a lot of space and take the lion's share of memory and processor power. Fortunately, these applications have a much less demanding alternative.

Via Browser

The main feature of the browser - simplicity. However, he is not devoid of any signs and gives in-depth tweaking.

You can select a background image and style of the home page, replace the corporate logo to your image and adjust the transparency. there is incognito mode for private Web browsing. You can configure the application so that at each exit from the browser history cleared visits.

There is an opportunity to do so when you hold one or another of navigation buttons perform certain action. For example, the "Back" button can be responsible for a return to the top of the page.

Monument Browser

The application has a dark theme, as well as the reading mode with the ability to customize fonts and even voice text. You can save the entire article in the form of screenshots or PDF-files.

You can transfer the search box from top to bottom and select a search engine to your liking. It is possible to download audio and video files, as well as the entire web pages for offline viewing.

The only drawback Monument Browser - advertising. To remove it, you will have to buy the app.

FOSS Browser

Easy to use browser with one hand: All the right buttons at the bottom of the screen. From the home page you can move on to your bookmarks, browsing history, and saved data to access the site.

Hold your finger on the button with three dots to open the fast switching menu. Through it on any resources to enable or disable cookies, JavaScript, and sending location data.

The FOSS Browser extensive interface customization options and a range of features to ensure Security in Networks. And even through the app, you can quickly share page in the screenshot format, PDF-file or a simple link.

phoenix Browser

One advantage Phoenix Browser - the possibility to download videos from different sites. View them, you can directly through the browser.

The home screen is a bit cluttered, but easily amenable to customization. Initially it displays the news, a list of frequently visited pages and advertising game, but all of this can be disabled.

In the "Tools" section is a feature "Private Space". If you use it, history of visits and downloaded videos will be stored in a separate database, and other users can not view them.

Hermit

With Hermit can be turned frequently visited sites in light applications. Select the resource and on the Android home screen will be an icon shortcut. There is also a set of popular apps, if you do not want to bother with setting.

When you create a shortcut through the site Chrome, you it works like a normal tab in the browser. The Hermit each link is an "application in the application" with their own parameters.

For example, you can choose their own theme and to make sure that the site was opened in the desktop mode. And you can prevent certain applications to download images.

The browser supports RSS-notification, it does have a dark theme and reading mode as well as a number of other possibilities. To unlock all of them, will have to buy a Pro-version.

Lynket Browser

When you click on a link in any All Android-application, it opens in the default browser, or in the embedded browser. The first is a long time to load, and the second - just be out of date.

Lynket Browser allows you to open links in the application that you are currently using. You can also collect them in a special storage, which is always at hand.

In your browser, extensive customization, there is a reading mode and a light support Google AMP page format.

Opera Mini

Function Data Saver - the main advantage of Opera Mini. You can choose how much the browser to compress data, or just turn on the automatic mode.

The browser is a high-compression mode runs the web page through its servers and shows you its light version. In extreme mode saves the maximum traffic, but some sites may not display properly.

You can quickly see how much data is saved for the last time. Also, the browser has a private browsing mode, dark theme, synchronization between devices and a number of other useful features.

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