Samsung’s mobile web browser gets the PC treatment

Samsung is bringing its mobile web browser, Samsung Internet, to computer. Announced on ThursdaySamsung Internet for PC is now available through a beta program, which you can sign up for.

While Samsung Internet’s user base is on mobile The front is less than 4%According to StatCounter, the move still makes sense. Samsung had its own web browser Galaxy devices For years Windows computers have been manufactured for even longer. The new beta version of the PC browser is now available for all Windows devices.

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Samsung Internet for PC will include the typical browser features you’d expect from a solution available for both mobile and desktop, such as Chrome. Bookmarks, passwords, and other data are synced across devices, so you can easily pick up where you left off on one device and continue on another.

Samsung is touting its Safe Browsing in the PC beta, including an intelligent anti-tracking feature, which helps block third-party web trackers to prevent personal data collection.

You’ll also have access to the built-in privacy dashboard, which allows you to quickly view and adjust your security settings. The new beta will ship with a small number Galaxy artificial intelligence Features on Samsung smartphonessuch as Browsing Assist, which translates and summarizes web pages.

If you’re interested in checking out the new PC browser, Windows It can have 10 and 11 users in the US and Korea Sign up to join the trialwith a broader rollout to follow later.

Samsung says this is just the beginning and that it is laying the foundation for a browser that “evolves with its users and devices.”