I have been trying to investigate during these days exactly which browser is the one that comes by default in the android devices, but I am still confused.
If I understood this correctly, there are two possibilities depending on the device and Android version:
- "Android Browser" (its version depends only on the Android API? no updatable? based on WebKit?)
- "Chrome for Android" based on WebKit
I have done some tests with all the devices that I have been able to obtain and I have seen that approximately from version 5.0 or 5.1 of Android the default browser begins to be Chrome for Android. I think that because on versions smaller than 5.0 I cannot debug the app-browser connecting it to my PC and from the chrome://inspect and on versions higher I can do it, but maybe I'm wrong. I would like to ask if anyone can verify or correct that?
I have also realized that in versions higher than 5.0 there is an application called "Android System WebView" also available in PlayStore, but I would also like to ask: Does this have any relation to the type of browser installed (Android Browser or Chrome For Android)?