India is world’s second largest smartphone market on the planet which overtakes the US. Looking at this increasing adoption of mobile users in India, Amazon has launched a lite weight Web Browser App called “Internet” for Android 5.0 and higher versions in India. Amazon hasn’t publicly announced its launch.
Some of the attractive features of this App, the homepage of the browser has a lot to offer trending news, cricket, entertainment and much more. It supports private tabs and full-screen previews without saving the browser history. Amazon has to prove and do better if it wants people to switch from other browsers the most popular ones like Chrome.
This app can be Downloaded via Google Play, consumes less space on the device and comes under 2MB in size. The app maintains privacy by not collecting private data or asking for unnecessary permissions. Overall doesn’t collect private data like other browsers.
The latest web browser app isn’t the first “lite” app by Amazon. The company previously released Amazon Kindle Lite app that is already available in India. Google and Facebook have also already launched the lighter versions. Facebook Lite, YouTube Go, Gmail Go, Ola lite.
This App, for the time being, is available only for certain devices in India and can’t be downloaded on popular devices Xiaomi and OnePlus at the moment
Amazon’s penetration is mushrooming in India. After having launched Alexa-powered Echo devices – Echo Dot, Echo and Echo Plus in India now has come up with Web browser app ” Internet”.
