Dolphin Browser offers Flash support for Android 5.0 and more new features

posted by Alan F. / Dec 26, 2014, 11:42 AM

Dolphin Browser offers Flash support for Android 5.0 and more new features

The popular third-party Dolphin Browser has been updated to support Android 5.0. The browser now supports Flash and the whole browsing experience has been enhanced with the update. It might be a day late, but the update also includes some Christmas themed wallpaper. An interesting new feature automatically clears app storage when there is not enough native storage to run the browser.

Another new feature will allow you to share content with other smartphone users via an NFC connection. Using Dolphin Connect, you will be able to sync speed dials, add-ons, themes, settings and more. And while you are checking out a website, the bottom-bar will disappear giving you a full screen view of the site.

If you're tired of polishing up the chrome or using your stock Android browser, you might want to give the Dolphin Browser a try. The developer claims over 100 million downloads on Android and iOS, and you can join them by clicking on the sourcelink.

Dolphin Browser receives update that allows it to run on Android 5.0

Dolphin Browser receives update that allows it to run on Android 5.0

source: DolphinBrowser (Android) via RedmondPie

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17 Comments

1. shaineql

Posts: 521; Member since: Apr 28, 2014

Tried it earlier , chrome > all still. THey need to stop making it "The lightest browser" and start making it the BEST browser. Chrome is heavy on storage and ram , but does the job like a boss.

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 11:54 AM 5

2. shuaibhere

Posts: 1986; Member since: Jul 07, 2012

Chrome is simply not the best browser. . It needs lot of resources and is slow... AOSP browser is still best for me...

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 1:04 PM 8

3. jellmoo

Posts: 2533; Member since: Oct 31, 2011

I'm the opposite. Chrome is the first Google App I go out of my way to replace. It's slow, cumbersome and a memory hog. It lacks interesting mobile features that the competition have, and just doesn't have that great a mobile UI.

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 1:44 PM 8

10. raunak

Posts: 507; Member since: Oct 12, 2011

opera > chrome

posted on Dec 27, 2014, 3:45 AM 0

4. techguyone

Posts: 214; Member since: May 18, 2013

Chrome sucks because Google for some bizarre reason decided to stop doing text re-flow, so now if you resize a page, it scrolls off the edges and you spend more time wiggling the screen around than reading, dolphin still does proper text re-flow so you can still see all the text on the screen without having to mess around.

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 2:06 PM 3

14. Nabil111

Posts: 105; Member since: Apr 14, 2014

And don't forget, for all those that "prefer no reflow", it can be turned off in the Dolphin settings.

posted on Dec 28, 2014, 9:21 AM 0

5. 0xFFFF

Posts: 3806; Member since: Apr 16, 2014

Firefox for Android is quite nice and it supports AdBlock Plus which is very handy for those sites that are a bit too aggressive on the ads.

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 2:18 PM 1

17. StuiWooi

Posts: 91; Member since: Feb 19, 2013

Is that adblock as in a plugin or the android-wide app?

posted on Dec 30, 2014, 6:57 PM 0

6. shahrooz

Posts: 792; Member since: Sep 17, 2013

UC browser. Damn this browser is good

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 3:58 PM 1

7. Sir-Lancelot

Posts: 98; Member since: Nov 05, 2014

It's laggy and slow.

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 4:47 PM 0

8. torr310

Posts: 1628; Member since: Oct 27, 2011

I used to love Dolphin, but stopping using it when I kept having issues, contacting them, and they were doing nothing. Using CM browser now, get a little bit to get used to but issues are addressed way better.

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 5:17 PM 1

12. livyatan

Posts: 867; Member since: Jun 19, 2013

Exactly the same story bro, except for switching to UC after CM. Nothing wrong with CM, but UC has everything that Dolphin has(except sonar and custom gestures ) and works just as good as CM.

posted on Dec 28, 2014, 1:07 AM 0

9. amasog

Posts: 552; Member since: Aug 22, 2013

Give UC Browser a try & you will never look back to any other browsers. Have tried all browsers on the play store & always end up with the best - UC. - 16GB LG G3 User

posted on Dec 26, 2014, 11:54 PM 1

11. livyatan

Agreed! I was a long time Dolphin fan and user, but it just started to collect glitches and became laggy over time. UC is brilliant and works beautifully

posted on Dec 28, 2014, 1:05 AM 0

13. roldxx

Posts: 50; Member since: Mar 27, 2013

this the best to run pornhub

posted on Dec 28, 2014, 6:53 AM 3

16. reckless562

Posts: 1153; Member since: Sep 09, 2013

!!! :-D

posted on Dec 28, 2014, 1:52 PM 0

15. Nabil111

Got my OPO yesterday and installed Dolphin. Just as I was remembering the steps to install flash and the possibility of it not working on 4.4.4, I opened Dolphin and it offered to download and install it for me. 30 seconds later I had flash up and running.