Given Google Chrome’s massive usage figures (3.83 billion monthly active users worldwide and 68-69% share on mobile, 89% on Android), chances are you’re using the browser in some form. Samsung Browser (formerly known as Samsung Internet Browser) is one of the more popular options. It comes pre-installed on all Galaxy devices and can be downloaded for free by anyone from the Google Play Store. It’s very powerful, has plenty of customization, and some interesting extra features like extension support.
According to reports, Samsung browser will soon get multi-window, split-screen browsing experience. It will come with One UI 9, but likely won’t be specifically tied to Samsung’s skin as the Chrome Android browser already has the same feature. This allows you to monitor two active websites at the same time instead of having a few windows open and going back and forth through tabs. You can actually see Samsung’s multi-window feature in action in the following screenshot, courtesy of Android Authority. Apparently, on larger-screen devices like the Z Fold 7, you can even have three concurrently active Samsung browser windows.
Samsung browser multi-window feature
Then there is the Ask AI feature. This may actually be more deeply tied to the underlying OS and require a Samsung phone, as Perplexity reportedly powers it and behaves more like a system-level bit than an in-browser one. How will we know? Well, we’re guessing of course, but based on a short video from Ask AI that our colleagues at Samigutu actually managed to get working. The concept is pretty straightforward: AI reads what you’re browsing and digests it to provide answers and suggestions. However, it is not just a visual analysis of the words on the screen. Instead, AI is integrated and pulls data directly from the browser. This also includes browsing history and possibly some personal information. We’re interested to know how Samsung handles that hurdle, but the video shows a toggle for how long to keep activity data.
Finally, a more mysterious “Enable cross device resume” toggle was also discovered in a leaked upcoming version of the Samsung browser. So far, it doesn’t seem to be doing anything, but it seems like it can instantly transfer browsing windows or entire sessions between devices? At least that’s what we believe, but how would this differ from the existing “Continue on another device”?
The One UI 9 beta program is expected to launch in May, first on the Galaxy S26 generation and then on the S25 line. The new version of Samsung’s popular skin should be ready in time to ship with the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8 this summer.