Old MacDonald had a phone
A-I... AIO
And on that phone he had a browser
A-I... AIO
With a website here and a website there
Here a site, there a site
Everywhere a website
A-I... AIO
Okay, maybe I could have resisted, but what's the fun in that?
Years ago, split screen web browsers allowing you to browse more than one website simultaneously had a purpose. Keep in mind the operative expression here is 'years ago'... that was before a wonderful little feature called tabbed browsing came along.
Split screen browsers on an Android device are not really much of a mixed bag as most of them are pretty lacking in features. It's amazing when a simple thing like having bookmarks is something to brag about. Alas, of the split screen browsers I have tested, only two have bookmarks available, and only one has an adblock feature. That one is AIO Browser.
Split screen browsing can be resource intensive on a device. Windows can handle it better than Android. One of the things that becomes a problem with a split screen browser is they open in split screen mode, thus they're trying to load two websites at once to start. As a result they can take a while to initially load any pages, and on an older Android device there is the potential for it freezing.
AIO Browser opens but a single screen to start. Unlike the others, you can use it for browsing a single site at a time. You can open two additional screens, browsing up to three sites simultaneously, but three sites is the maximum you can have open, unlike tabbed browsing.
Another issue with split screen browsers on Android is they don't handle screen rotation very well. From reloading the screens to outright freezing. AIO Browser does handle screen rotation well.
That adblock feature becomes even more important with a split screen browser. Even with tabbed browsing you've got only one screen hogging video resources at a time, even if you have other dynamic websites open in other tabs. When screens are open simultaneously your video resources are being taxed even more. Without an adblocker, depending on the sites you're browsing, you could be setting yourself up for a crash.
Of course it all boils down to "what's the point?"
Tabbed browsing uses fewer resources and allows you to have many screens open in the background. Split screen browsing is also pointless on a phone, hence why my screenshots are from a tablet. There have been times I wished I had two screens open at once rather than switching back and forth between tabs; and in those instances AIO Browser would be my choice out of the ones I've tested.
AIO Browser may not go on my home page as a primary browser but I'll happily put it in my apps folder.
AIO Browser is for Android 4.0+ (3.6Mb). Get it on APKPure
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