What is the engine of Android native browser?

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Fox Amadeus picture Fox Amadeus · Nov 30, 2015 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

What is the engine of Android native browser? Wiki says that Android used WebKit before 4.4 and Blink for 4.4 and further versions. Is it right statement? Thanks in advance.

Answer

droidev picture droidev · Nov 30, 2015

The default browser on Android is Google Chrome. This uses the Blink layout engine. For AOSP installations without the Google Apps, the default browser is the old "Browser" app that uses Webkit.

other third party browsers like Firefox uses Gecko, Opera uses Blink, Dolphin uses Webkit, and there are probably others. Additionally, also Samsung and HTC install different (non-Chrome) browsers on their phones. I do not know what they are, or what engine they use.

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