"Browser"?

[Pete G.]

What exactly is the "Browser" initially available on the App Bar?  And why would one want it, as Chrome is also available there? (And in any case I prefer Firefox with NoScript.)

When I tried it out, it wanted permission to access the camera and mic before it would do anything.  when I denied its desires it refused to start.  I eventually gave it momentary permission to access everything it wanted and it seems to be at least a basic browser.

Is it a Gemini special?

[rubus-3.142]

What exactly is the "Browser" initially available on the App Bar?  And why would one want it, as Chrome is also available there? (And in any case I prefer Firefox with NoScript.)

When I tried it out, it wanted permission to access the camera and mic before it would do anything.  when I denied its desires it refused to start.  I eventually gave it momentary permission to access everything it wanted and it seems to be at least a basic browser.

Is it a Gemini special?

I don't think it's a Planet special - I have seen it on other brands including Samsung Tablet and HTC Phone - not sure what it has over and above the stock Chrome (less tracking???), but I do remember from my phone it gets updated a lot less.

[graynada]

What exactly is the "Browser" initially available on the App Bar?  And why would one want it, as Chrome is also available there? (And in any case I prefer Firefox with NoScript.)

When I tried it out, it wanted permission to access the camera and mic before it would do anything.  when I denied its desires it refused to start.  I eventually gave it momentary permission to access everything it wanted and it seems to be at least a basic browser.

Is it a Gemini special?

I was warded off when it wanted all those permissions before it would even start. What I don't like is that it can't be uninstalled or even disabled!! May drop Planet an email to see if they can enable a disable feature in a future update.

[Murple2]

It's the stock android browser, I'm not sure if planet are allowed to remove it - it's been included on every android device I've ever owned.

[graynada]

It's the stock android browser, I'm not sure if planet are allowed to remove it - it's been included on every android device I've ever owned.

It's not installed on either of the other 2 Android devices I currently own and I don't recall seeing it on any other I've owned or used either. I always thoughtt the stock browser as being Chrome, the Google browser on the Google OS after all.

[Murple2]

It's the stock android browser, I'm not sure if planet are allowed to remove it - it's been included on every android device I've ever owned.

It's not installed on either of the other 2 Android devices I currently own and I don't recall seeing it on any other I've owned or used either. I always thoughtt the stock browser as being Chrome, the Google browser on the Google OS after all.

For whatever reason they prefer to keep these products separate,  probably wary of anti monopoly action - like when windows had to decouple from IE in certain countries. Also, there are several versions of lots of apps e.g. android calendar vs google calendar.

[graynada]

It's the stock android browser, I'm not sure if planet are allowed to remove it - it's been included on every android device I've ever owned.

It's not installed on either of the other 2 Android devices I currently own and I don't recall seeing it on any other I've owned or used either. I always thoughtt the stock browser as being Chrome, the Google browser on the Google OS after all.

For whatever reason they prefer to keep these products separate,  probably wary of anti monopoly action - like when windows had to decouple from IE in certain countries. Also, there are several versions of lots of apps e.g. android calendar vs google calendar.

But I should be able to disable Browser even if I can't uninstall

[Murple2]

But I should be able to disable Browser even if I can't uninstall

Yes I agree. It turns out I was wrong as google does ship chome as default on some devices.Planet should be able to remove it.

[gidds]

A related poser:

I use (or at least, used) Chrome for all my browsing.  It was my default browser, and I used it to create a load of shortcuts on my desktop/launcher.

Almost all of these would open in Chrome, except for one which would always open in the built-in Browser!  I could never work out why.

(It no longer matters, as I've now switched to Firefox for other reasons.  But it did mean that my only contact with the built-in Browser was in frustration…)