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Addon support for Android web browser apps.

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bat999
bat999 Posts: 1,947 Forumite
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edited 27 July at 4:21PM in Techie Stuff
Hi
Seems Kiwi Browser app is no longer maintained.
Has been removed from Google PlayStore.
Version 137.0.7337.0 apk file is still available...
It won't be updated.
I've tested it with a crx addon file side-load.
Seems to work, sluggish on my low-spec phone.

For Android, Mozilla-based browser apps such as Firefox have addon support.
For Chromium-based browser apps (maybe) Microsoft Edge Canary... but that's not available for me, needs a later version of Android apparently.
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  • TMSG
    TMSG Posts: 230 Forumite
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    Long term a non-supported browser will turn into even more of a security risk than web browsers are anyway. If you only visit a few well-known sites then you'll probably get away with it... but I'd be careful.
    As to installing add-ons Firefox-based Android browsers indeed support this. I use fennec (downloaded from f-droid) but there are others. But again a word of warning: some people go OTT with add-ons, some have installed dozens and every add-on adds to the attack surface. I use only two: uBlock Origin and Cookie AutoDelete.
    As to MS Edge... the less stuff I have from them the better. If I need a Chromium-based browser I use Vivialdi, both on the desktop and my Androids.
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