download free browsers Best browsers 2018: What's the fastest, most secure PC browser? We compare the 7 best browsers so you know which one is right for you. Some people don’t give much thought to which browser they use – they just pick one and stick with it, which is fair enough if it gets them online. But if you’re the sort of person who wants to know you’ve got the very best browser for you, we’ve taken a closer look at all the best options currently available. Chrome might seem like an obvious champion, but with on the rise again – more than 170 million people have already installed its revamped Quantum version – and innovative new browsers such as and Brave introducing smart built-in tools, it might not necessarily be the right one for your needs. Below, we examine what seven leading contenders have to offer in terms of features, customisation options, ease of use and performance. Best browsers 2018. 1. Vivaldi: Best all-round browser. It was a close race for the top spot in our roundup, but in the end we gave it to a bright new hope. While most browsers now mimic the pared- down design of Chrome, Vivaldi more closely resembles older versions of . Its default interface might not look particularly groundbreaking, but that doesn’t mean the browser is derivative or old-fashioned. Dig deeper and you’ll discover manner of clever features, customisation options and time-saving tricks. When you first run Vivaldi, you’re invited to choose from six attractive themes, decide the position of your bar (top, left, right or bottom) and set a background wallpaper. Web pages can be displayed in pull-out panels, navigated using mouse gestures, annotated for future reference, captured with the screenshot tool, grouped into tab "stacks" to save space or tiled to view them side by side. Most browsers support keyboard shortcuts, but Vivaldi goes one step further by letting you create your own. It also gives you impressive control over your privacy settings, and lets you clear all your private data in one go. In our speed test, it came a close second for page-loading times, and it feels smooth and stable as you browse. Vivaldi doesn’t have its own extensions site, but instead lets you get them from the Chrome Web Store. This initially feels confusing, as buttons are still labelled "Add to Chrome", but all the addons we tried worked perfectly in Vivaldi. We’d like to see syncing options and a version of Vivaldi for mobile devices – both are apparently "in the works" – and fewer entries preinstalled in the browser’s Bookmarks. Also, some elements seem like works in progress rather than finished features. 2. Chrome: Best for speed & ease of use. Simplicity is Chrome’s greatest strength: rather than overload the browser with features, it lets you choose what to install from the vast Chrome Web Store of extensions and themes. The sheer variety is astounding, although Chrome’s reliance on third-party tools has made the browser itself less innovative in recent years, especially since switching to a "rapid release cycle" that means new versions rarely bring many major changes. There’s certainly an element of "if ain’t broke, don’t fix it" to this approach, but it also makes Chrome seem unadventurous compared to other browsers including Vivaldi and Opera. In its favour, Chrome has many useful built-in tools that work unobtrusively, including a form filler, spellchecker and password manager, and Google features such as Translate and voice control. Aside from extensions, Chrome thrives on three S’s: search, sync and security. Being able to search Google from your and easily sync all your bookmarks, history, passwords, tabs and other data across all your devices is incredibly useful, and we like that the browser now warns you about dubious sites changes to your settings and harmful software. A fourth S – speed – is also a given, with Chrome narrowly beating Vivaldi to the top spot in our performance test. Chrome’s biggest flaw is its memory usage – it uses a separate background process for every tab, plugin and extension, which soon adds up and can lead to pages hanging and crashing. Addons are often the biggest hogs, but it still makes Chrome less stable than other browsers. 3. Opera: Best for innovative features. Opera has been around for 22 years, but has never claimed more than a 6% share of the browser market. This is a travesty because Opera has introduced more innovations than any other browser, and its latest, 51st version offers such useful features as a built-in ad blocker, a screenshot tool, a sidebar for chatting to friends in WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, a power-saving mode for laptop users and a pop-out video player. There’s also a new collapsible lists tool for tidying up your open and recent tabs. Best of all, however, is the free VPN, which spoofs your IP address and encrypts your data to keep you safe and anonymous online. No other browser has this excellent feature – even the privacy-focused Brave (see below) and Epic rely on proxy servers rather than VPNs – and it’s easily turned on and off via a tickbox in Opera’s settings. Opera was second-fastest in our speed test and uses significantly less memory than the two market leaders. Occasionally, you might encounter sites that don’t display properly in Opera because they’re not designed for the browser, but this problem can usually be fixed with an addon. Since Firefox switched to WebExtensions, Opera is second only to Chrome in its choice of addons and since you can install Chrome extensions, it’s arguably in first place. Opera can seem a little confusing at first, because some of its best features are tucked away, and its interface feels slightly dated. However, there’s the promise of Opera Neon – described as the “future of web browsers” on the horizon – so it’s certainly not resting on its laurels. 4. Brave: Best for tracker- and ad-blocking. Created by the former CEO of , Brave is the perfect browser for anyone concerned about staying safe online. Its powerful set of "shields" blocks all ads, cookies and scripts that compromise your privacy and security, and it automatically redirects you to the secure versions of websites to safeguard your personal data. Whereas the private mode in Chrome and Firefox merely stops your browsing history being stored on your computer, Brave’s private-tab mode prevents all tracking cookies from following you around the web. Statistics about the content the browser has blocked so far are usefully displayed on your New Tab page, along with photos, the current time and shortcuts to your favourite sites. None of these welcome features come at the expense of speed – with Brave doing respectfully in our performance test. It’s very easy to use, with a streamlined design and the useful option to preview the content of tabs. Brave eschews the extension-based model of Chrome and Firefox in favour of nine preselected tools. These include discount-finder Honey, a torrent client and (rather unnecessarily) four different password managers. It’s a pity Brave doesn’t offer more extras, but we understand its desire to lock down settings and prevent slowdown. We should also point out that Brave isn’t actually adverse to advertising, but has an opt-in system called Basic Attention Tokens that lets you earn cryptocoins for viewing its partners’ ads. 5. Firefox Quantum: The best Mozilla browser in years. To say that the "reborn" version of Firefox, Quantum, is an improvement on previous releases is an understatement: it’s a much smarter browser with several useful new tools and it’s much faster – although it was beaten by four other browsers in our speed test. Quantum is actually the name of the web engine that powers the browser, which uses multiple processor cores and a new CSS engine to reduce memory (and battery) usage – around 30% less than the old version – and load pages faster. Tweaks have also been made to ensure the tab you’re currently viewing is given priority over background tabs, and to deliver smoother video playback. Firefox now offers a built-in screenshot tool, a handy sidebar displaying your bookmarks, history and synced tabs, and a unified address and search bar. Although not as instantly customisable as Vivaldi, Firefox Quantum lets you personalise your New Tab page and of course install thousands of extra tools from the Addons site. Now called WebExtensions, these more secure addons theoretically work across others browsers, but you may find that some of your favourites haven’t made the transition and no longer load. Rather presumptuously, Mozilla has also integrated its read-it-later tool with the browser, but you can disable it through "about:config". Although we’d like to see some of the security tools offered by Brave and Opera built into the browser, you can at least be reassured that Firefox has privacy settings such as Tracking Protection enabled by default, and is transparent about how and why it collects user data. 6. Tor Browser: Best for anonymity. Tor Browser’s biggest benefit is the reliable protection it offers against hackers, identity thieves and nosy parkers, including government agencies. Tor comes with two powerful security tools preinstalled – NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere – and routes your web traffic through a series of "nodes" (other computers) to conceal your real IP address and location. It’s based on an older, pre-Quantum version of Firefox (52, to be precise), so will feel instantly familiar to users of Mozilla’s browser, and uses the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo as its default search engine, to prevent your searches from being tracked, stored and targeted with ads. On the downside, Tor is noticeably slower than other browsers if you have all its security settings whacked up to the max, because of the roundabout way it connects you to the web. However, they’re easy to disable on sites that don’t pose any threat, either temporarily or by whitelisting the relevant URLs. Some people worry that using Tor will expose them to the horrors and dangers of the so-called dark web, but this isn’t the case at all. Sites that can only be accessed through Tor have convoluted ".onion’ addresses that you won’t just stumble across, although you should be as vigilant as usual about opening suspicious links. 7. Maxthon Cloud Browser: Great for customisation. Maxthon Cloud Browser’s homepage boasts of 670 million users, yet most people have never heard of it. That’s a shame, because Maxthon is packed with innovative features you won’t find elsewhere, supporting more than 800 extensions – ten times as many as Edge – and is available for both desktop and mobile. Notable tools include cloud sync across devices, a built-in ad blocker (Adblock Plus), video downloader and screen-capture tool, a night mode to protect your eyes, customisable skins, as well as optional extras such as password manager, note-taking tool and virtual mailbox. In fact, Maxthon’s biggest flaw is that it tries to cram in too much, which means its interface lacks the simplicity of Vivaldi, Chrome and Firefox, particularly when you delve into its menus and settings. This surfeit of features also makes the browser slower to start and load pages than many of its rivals. 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Check the mentioned details and download one of these web browsers to experience faster internet access. 1). : No 1 fastest web browser. As we all know, Google Chrome is the most reliable web browser in the world. People across the whole world use it because it is quite fast, secure and very useful for all sorts of works. You will find it quite handy to use, in fact, you are using this web browser for a long time. It offers many features like a tagging system, bookmarking the websites and many other things that improve your web experience. 2). Mozilla. If you are a working person, and your maximum works depend on online services, Mozilla is probably the best available browser for you. This web browser offers us much information about a website like its Alexa rank, page rank, and so many other things. It is a feature rich web browser that is needed by many software and online promotion industries. 3). Opera: Many opera users complain that it shows compatibility issues with many websites, but still it is one of the leading web browsers. Opera offers impressive features and quite faster web browsing that every internet user wants. Maximum people around the world use Opera when they do not find Google or Mozilla adequate for their needs. Official Website : http://www.opera.com/ 4). Internet Explorer: If you are a Windows PC user, Internet Explorer is the best web browser for you. Not only us, but every web expert agrees to this fact because Internet Explorer offers much faster web browsing on Windows PC. Often windows launch a new version of Internet Explorer to improve your web surfing experience and provide better web browsing. 5). Safari. It is one of its kinds. In other words, you will get an entirely different web browsing experience on Safari, and it will be better than other web browsers. It is renowned for excellent security and attractive launch. The features like page loading speed of Safari are quite better than others. You get two different URL bars to search stuff you are looking for. When it comes to do clean and bland web browsing, Safari is the best web browser. 6). Maxthon. Used by thousands of internet users, Maxthon has maintained its reputation preciously. This web browser offers plenty of attractive features and browsing options which all of us want. Also, the developing team of Maxthon frequently launches new versions of this web browser to provide much better and faster web surfing. You must try it at least once if you have never used it before. 7). Torch: Don’t go on the name because Torch has got 8.29 ratings out of 10. People are getting impressed with its unique shape and browsing features. This web browser provides you a share button to make direct posts on social media sites without opening your account again and again. You may need to compromise with the music app, but other features are excellent. The torch comes with a charming logo, and you can download plenty of songs if you want to listen to something new online. 8). SeaMonkey: There may be many people around the world, who have never, hear about this web browser and who have never used it, but eventually SeaMonkey is a feature rich web browser. It is a web suite that contains all the required web browsing facilities and offers email and chat features for free. You can probably have a slower web browsing experience on SeaMonkey, but still it is a good choice. Individuals, who want all the web browsing features together in a single browser, they must use SeaMonkey. 9). Avant Browser: Avant is good for you if you are looking for decent web browsing speed and useful internet surfing features. It may not support many modern apps, but sometimes it seems better than windows internet explorer. Maximum Windows PC users consider it as an alternative for Internet Explorer, and that’s what it is actually. 10). Deepnet Explorer: Deepnet Explorer provides you with charming web browsing speed and an attractive startup. Navigating for new apps and sites is quite easier on this web browser. Still it has to cover a long path to becoming the best, but it is on the way. It is slightly improving the page loading speed and offering new features to attract new users. List of fastest web browsers for Android devices: It was quite difficult to access the internet on portable devices. People had limited choices, and they used to do web surfing on quite slow web browsers. Today the time is changed. Revolution in Smartphone technology has improved our web experience and made web access quite easier for every Smartphone and Tab user. It was Steve Jobs, who had predicted Smartphone revolution in 2007 and today it is fact. You can quickly gain access to the internet and search anything you want online on your portable device. The only thing you need is the fastest web browser for Android to access the internet and get the search results quickly. Here are top 10 free web browsers for Android devices. 1). Opera mini: Free Fastest web browser for Android Smartphone. Opera Mini is the most widely used web browser in portable devices like mobile phones, smartphones, and tabs. People are using this web browser before the introduction of iOS and Android smartphones. Opera has improved its features and developed many new things to provide light and impressive web browsing to the Android device users. Still it is at the top of the list of web browsers for Android devices. 2). Maxthon: When it comes to using Maxthon Internet browser on the desktop, many users avoid it but things are quite different when it comes to using Maxthon on the Android devices. It is a smart and safe web browser for fast web browsing on Android devices. Here you can change the themes of this browser, use RSS reader and synchronize it with the cloud. You get Maxthon download manager to download many files online in your portable device. 3). Chrome: Off-course web browsers like Opera and Maxthon are providing users with the best web browsing features, but still Chrome is not an outdated internet browser for android devices. It has left the Beta Sage and now it has become quite faster for portable devices. You can download it quickly and experience the best web browsing facility on your Android smartphone. 4). Dolphin: Dolphin is a fantastic choice when you want to work and communicate at the same time. It means, Dolphin has features that make it capable of storing searched data when you are using your device to contact others. It is a fast and secure web accessing platform that you should try in your device. 5). Atlas: Adware and malicious extensions spoil our web browsing experience when we access the internet via a portable device. Atlas is an impressive web browser to prevent your internet search from irritating ads and unwanted sites. You can load two pages together in this web browser and use them at the same time to improve your working efficiency. 6). Firefox: Mozilla Firefox is one of the leading PC internet browsers, but its position is slightly different from the Android top web browsers list. Mozilla has recently introduced its web browsing app for the portable devices, but it is coming with all the impressive features of Firefox. You get a safer atmosphere to surf the web and get your work done on right time. It boosts your work efficiency and aids you by providing much faster access to the internet. 7). UC Browser: UC browser is renowned as a rapid and easy to handle web browser for Android and iOS devices. People love its impressive density of data, new functions, and new downloading features. Time by time UC browser’s development team introduces its new versions and adds some new features to keep it in the top android web browsers’ list. 8). One Browser: This web browser is famous among the Android device users and in the world of the internet because it boosts downloading speed up to 47%. This search engine has some inbuilt tools that help it in functioning better than other web browsers. This web browser gets data from the visited website and represents it in a user-friendly form to avoid time taken in loading the web pages in One Browser. The Smartphone and Tab users are using this browser only because of mentioned benefits. You should also try it. 9). Puffin Web Browser: Puffin claims to be the fastest web browser for handled devices, which you can observe after using it. This browser offers flash download facility and many different cloud features. You will never get ads on any website when accessing the internet via Puffin web browser. It blocks all the ads to provide you a pleasant time on the net. It is a free web browser that you can download from the app store of your device and use for faster internet access. 10). XScope Web Browser: You will find it like Google Chrome when you use it for the first time, but XScope is a different web browser. Its skin and web page representation is quite similar to Chrome. Also, all the icons and tools are situated at the bottom of the homepage. Anyone can use those buttons with one touch when required. It is new and different from other web browsers. May be it is the reason that a lot of Android device users are trying services of XScope web browser. It is free, fast and loaded with all modern web browsing features. Finding the best web browser among all above mentioned web browsers is quite straightforward. It does not matter that you are trying to access the internet via your Android phone or on the desktop; you can expect to have faster internet access. The web browsing speed depends on the internet browser you are using. If you select a faster browser, you can complete all your tasks on time and get free soon. We have differentiated all the web browsers according to their features and browsing speeds. The browsers, which are at the top, have better speed and probably the best features. So download anyone of suggested web browsers and experience the unique features it is providing to make your web surfing experience better.