SILK BROWSER FOR ANDROID
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You can play, pause, fast forward and rewind these videos using the buttons on the remote, instead of the cursor, which makes for easier viewing. The app includes a section of content called “Trending on the Web,” which highlights popular videos, including those from news sources like CNBC, CNN, Fox and others.

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That’s functional, but obviously more cumbersome than just grabbing your phone (that’s probably nearby anyway) to perform a search or load a webpage.īut the point of the Silk browser for Fire TV is not really web searches – it’s for online video. The cursor, for example, moves around via the directional buttons on the remote. But then again, browsers aren’t really a great app for use on TVs in the first place. Overall, however, the browser is a fairly bare bones app that doesn’t seem like it was carefully customized for use on a television’s screen.

It also uses as the default search engine, and supports searches via voice, thanks to its integrations with Fire TV’s voice remote. The app offers several standard web browser features, like the ability to search or enter URLs, access bookmarks, move forward or back, save passwords, and more. However, you can probably reconsider using this as there is somehow a risk for your privacy and security here.With little fanfare, Amazon launched its Silk web browser for Fire TV, allowing users with Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire TV Edition televisions to surf the web from their big screen. This cloud-based web browser also enables you to consume less bandwidth and provide more storage space for your mobile device. Performance-wise, Silk Browser is a total catch. They give you the option to turn off Silk's cloud features. Although, Amazon assured its users that they will remain anonymous while browsing here. The possibility of the app tracking your every web activity is quite high, especially with this setup. However, the use of the cloud system in browsing the web can cause some privacy and security issues to arouse also. It enables you to consume less bandwidth and perform better once the web pages are displayed in Silk. For instance, the large images you can see on the page can be compressed to pass the system requirements of your mobile or tablet device. One more thing, the contents displayed in Silk are possible to be tailored before it even reaches your device. At the same time, it enables the browser app to suggest the pages you'll be asking for before you even ask for it. When you launch the browser and begin surfing the web. The constant open connection of Silk to Amazon cloud aids to reduce latency With this power, it curtails the size of the browser cache on your device which actually helps you to save storage space to avoid the usual storage constraints in mobile devices. Is Silk browser any good?Ĭomparing the Silk Browser relatively to other mobile browsers, it is proven and tested that it performs faster, as much of the work of rendering web pages is done in the cloud. It is available to be downloaded and used free-of-charge. What makes it unique among its competitors in the market is its ability to operate on ‘ Split Browser Architecture.’ Providing a much faster web page loading performance than others, it utilizes the power of Amazon's cloud system, as well as its machine-learning algorithms.

SILK BROWSER FOR ANDROID

It is a mobile browser that is available for Android devices and Fire tablets. Silk Browser or most commonly known as Amazon Silk is a web browser developed by a leading information technology company in the US that is considered to be part of the Big Five. Softonic review Official mobile web browser from Amazon