Android Browser leapfrogs Opera Mini, but Safari increases its lead
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Web browser warriors have some more statistical firepower to play with, now that Net Applications has released the latest usage figures for mobile browsers. Google's vaguely titled Browser has inched up from a 16.3 percent share
last month to 18.7 percent, counterbalanced by Opera Mini, which
declined from just under 19 percent to 13.1 percent. Similarly, both
Symbian and BlackBerry's mobile browsers dropped a few percentage points, down to 2.6 and 2.4 percent respectively. While rumors of a mobile-friendly version of Chrome continue to bounce around, there remains a substantial gap between second-place Android and the current mobile
browser boss, Apple's Safari, which has now extended its dominance from
55.6 percent to 62.2 percent. The battle of the browsers wages on.