Dolphin Browser Beta

*To try Dolphin Browser Beta, you will need an OS of Android 2.3 or 4.0+.

About Dolphin Browser Beta

What is Dolphin Browser Beta?
Dolphin Browser Beta is our pre-release build, which includes our very own Dolphin Engine. After scoring highest among mobile browsers on HTML5test.com, we have now baked in additional canvas enhancement and behind-the-scenes technology, making Dolphin Browser Beta the highest performing HTML5 rendering browser available today. Dolphin Browser Beta (with Dolphin Engine) is an improved webkit version with extensive canvas rendering enhancements and behind-the-scenes technology that makes it our fastest Dolphin yet.  Plus, it’s flash compatible.

Download Dolphin Browser Beta on the Google Play store now!

How fast? Dolphin Engine’s HTML-5 rendering is:

  • 5-10X faster than the default Android browser
  • 100% faster than Chrome
  • Initially scored over 450 when tested on HTML5test.com.  (HTML5test.com is an industry respected tool for testing a browser’s support of HTML5)

Dolphin is the highest tested mobile browser on HTML5test.com, with:

  • Full support for Web Worker
  • Full support for Web Socket
  • Full support for Web Audio
  • Support of Camera real-time video display
  • Support of Web Notification
  • Support of Web GL
  • Support of Web application customization

The Latest Update:

12/8 UPDATE:

  • Android 4.2 support
  • Sidebar Precision: Improved left and right sidebar sliding so it will not interfere when scrolling on a webpage
  • Even faster loading: Dolphin predicts what you want next and opens it so you can access it fast (available only on wifi)
  • Improved compatibility for Add-ons
  • Stability and performance improvements on private browsing and Hot Apps
  • Improved Tab and Address Bar: Optimized for all Android tablets

Previous Releases: 

v1.1.1:

  • Faster loading: Pre-loads site info so it is ready when you need it (WiFi only)
  • Magnifier: More accurate with links you’re clicking with a magnifier
  • Private Mode: Brand new features, surf the web without leaving a trace
  • Autofit: Webpage text fit the screen automatically when zoom in/out
  • Saving images: Save images on all devices
  • Overview mode: Improved performance in overview with fitting screen to width and tap to zoom
  • Various stability and performance improvements

v1.1.0:

  • HTML5 support: Highest score on html5.com
  • Highest score on Google’s benchmark test Octane
  • Fastest score on industry standard benchmark test, Sunspider
  • Highest score on JavaScript V8 Benchmark
  • Various stability and performance improvements

v1.0.9

  • Improved HTML5 support
  • Improved JavaScript performance
  • Page loading: Fixed white screen issue when loading certain webpages on certain devices
  • Various stability and performance improvements

v1.0.8

  • Page loading: Improved page loading speed, especially when in poor network connection

  • Various stability and performance improvements

v1.0.7

  • Improved HTML5 game support: Showcase Games
    • X-type
    • Nutmeg
    • Lunch Bug
  • Nexus 7: now compatible with Google Nexus 7
  • Page rendering: improved support for NVIDIA Tegra 2 GeForce and Adreno220
  • Fixed screen display issue on Android 4.1 devices
  • Fixed login issue on Android 2.3 devices
  • Various stability and performance improvement

v1.0.6

Dolphin Browser Beta (1.0.6) is the First Browser to Pass Ringmark’s Ring 1. Get it from Google Play now.

Find out more about Facebook’s Ringmark test for Mobile Browsers and the lastest Dolphin Browser Beta on our blog or check out the post on the Facebook blog.

v1.0.5

  • Improved interface design
  • Optimized support for HTML 5 games
  • Optimized support for Adreno GPU Canvas
  • New demo page: X-type game
  • Improved page loading speed
  • Various stability and performance improvement

v1.0.4:

  • Android 4.1 support
  • Faster page loading and response speed
  • Stability improvements for Android 2.3+
  • Improved Flash support
  • Improved HTML5 canvas support
  • Various stability and performance improvement

v1.0.3:

  • Android Flash Compatible: Updated compatibility issues on Android 2.3 and Android 4.0+ systems
  • Stability Improvements:
  • Font stability on variety of devices
  • CSS border images
  • Android 2.3 devices
  • OpenGL ES
  • HTML5 video stability on some devices

v1.0.2:

  • Video/Flash: Crash issues on certain devices fixed
  • Samsung Galaxy Note: Page loading issue fixed
  • Special Characters: Page loading issue fixed