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Adblock Browser: Android browser with built-in ad blocking
By Kelvin Ooi
Security and privacy editor
- Blocks pop-up, video and banner ads, including ads styled as content
- Cookie pop-up blocking
- Tracker blocking for more private browsing
- Non-disruptive ads allowed through, adjustable in browser settings
- Blocks heavy ad downloads to save data and battery
- Free, built by the Adblock Plus team at eyeo GmbH
What Adblock Browser is for
Adblock Browser is a web browser for Android with ad blocking and tracker blocking built into it, so it does not need a separate extension. The developer is eyeo GmbH, the company behind the Adblock Plus team, and the listing describes it as a browser for people who want fewer ads and more privacy while they browse.
The listing presents it as a free browser. Its core job is to stop intrusive ads from loading and to limit the tracking that follows you from site to site.
Blocking pop-up, video and banner ads
The browser blocks pop-up ads, video ads and banner ads. The listing also says it stops ads that take over the whole screen, and ads designed to look like free content on a page.
Blocking runs automatically, so there is nothing to set up for the core ad blocking. The listing's stated aim is to stop these ads before they can get in the way of reading or watching.
Cookie pop-ups and tracker blocking
Cookie consent banners are blocked as well, so the consent prompt that covers many sites is kept out of the way. The listing says this comes with the same ad blocking as the rest of the browser.
Trackers are blocked to limit advertisers from following your activity across sites. The listing says the browser lets you browse anonymously, and that trackers are blocked as part of that.
Acceptable ads, data use and battery
The browser does not block every ad. The listing says it sometimes lets through ads that are not disruptive, and that these help fund content creators. You can change this behaviour through the browser settings link.
Because the browser stops egregious ads from downloading at all, the listing says it uses less data and saves battery life. Those savings come from skipping the ad downloads themselves.
What's new
- The browser is integrated to Chromium 148
- Several bug fixes and improvements
About this APK
The build we hold is Adblock Browser: Fast & Secure 3.12.1 (APKS split bundle) for Android 10 and up.
- Version
- 3.12.1
- 2064000072
- Requires Android
- 10+
- Size
- 245 MB
- Package ID
- org.adblockplus.browser
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 54 declared · 10 sensitive
- Approximate location
- Camera
- Find accounts on the device
- Install other apps
- Microphone
- Modify files on your device
- Precise location
- Read files on your device
- Signed by
- CN=Adblock Plus, O=Adblock Plus
- Certificate SHA-256
- 7bed004028bae3cb5805d10d1bf5ec0731e37a9410ec1ac959da50fa2fcad4c4
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