Phone browsers have always been one of the most opened applications in the current smartphone era. On the iPhone, people do not have many choices because it integrates Safari too powerful. What about Android? Because it is an open platform, browsers developed on Android have more opportunities to compete. Especially, the default Android browser is just like Internet Explorer on the computer.
Puffin Browser Pro is a web browser using cloud computing technology. It supports browser acceleration, provides users with all the basic tools during daily web surfing, and allows multiple tags to be opened in one window. Users can go to incognito online mode to protect privacy.
We originally used Puffin Browser Pro as a mobile browser on the iOS platform. Then, it develops a PC version providing a set of features aimed at simplicity and speed, serving the diverse needs of users. Referring to today’s high-speed web browsers, we consider Chrome being superior and loved by many people. Also, Chrome has a good security mode integrated, rich add-ons. You can add many functions to the browser.
Puffin Browser Pro supports limited bookmarks because you cannot organize your favorite web pages into folders. All you do is add bookmarks to the general list with the integrated search feature. Puffin Browser allows you to manage file downloads and browsing history, handle cookies, passwords, and pop-up windows. Unlike other browsers, Puffin Browser focuses on speed thanks to its use of cloud computing technology, the ability to choose a server to pre-process, and compress the web page you are visiting.
General Information
Puffin Browser Pro is a cloud-based web browser with two versions for iOS and Android. It has impressive web browsing speed. Puffin uses a remote server to load and render web pages fast with no capacity. Specifically, Puffin Browser uses a split structure in which it performs some processes on an encrypted cloud server to speed up page loading and save resources.
With such fast web loading speed and low resource consumption, Puffin Browser is suitable for slow and low-profile computers. In some ways, Puffin is like Opera Mini. It means the browser will use the server to preprocess and compress the web page and then display it remotely and leave no trace on your mobile. It encrypts all traffic from the Puffin browser to the server to protect users safely when accessing the web on public Wi-Fi networks.
Puffin is still being developed and upgraded continuously to create the most stable and powerful Puffin Browser. While most web browsers depend on the configuration of the computer used to display the page, Puffin Browser goes in a different direction. It uses modern cloud computing technology to display the page faster, stable, and smoother. Compare Puffin with the built-in Edge browser, you easily realize that Puffin’s page loading speed is many times faster than Edge.
How Does Puffin Browser Pro Work?
When you browse using Puffin’s cloud server, the page will load faster. Your computer will be more secure and will save more CPU and memory. Puffin will first load the website in high-speed cloud servers and send compressed data to your computer. Your page load speed is faster not only because the cloud server pre-processes the website but also because it compresses data.
The cloud server also protects your computer by blocking any malicious websites from your computer. Since websites are handled by the cloud, your computer will only receive 100% secure data from cloud servers. When using the cloud server to share web browser load, you can save 50% more CPU load and memory usage compared to other web browsers.
When you click the icon in front of the URL input box, Puffin Browser will show the cloud server’s status, like the example below.
- Enable Cloud Server: A toggle can enable or disable the use of the cloud server for the current tab.
- Data Savings: Monthly stats for data savings performance. Metrics are the amount of data saved. It means the amount of data the cloud server has sent to your computer minus the amount of data. The amount of data the cloud server has received out of the total amount of data the cloud server receives from the websites. A higher percentage means higher data savings. Note that video streams may not pass through cloud servers and are not included in the metrics.
- Cloud Server IP: It is the location and IP address of the cloud server entity dedicated to your current session. The cloud server looks like a proxy server for websites. It will pass your local IP address to web servers. But some websites cannot detect your local IP address. In that case, it may show your IP address and location based on the cloud server IP.
- Your Local IP: It is your computer’s location and public IP address Note that we estimate the country or region name from your IP address. It may be incorrect that using a VPN service will change your address.
Cloud servers offer significant benefits to Puffin Browser users. But there may be some instances where your website or network environment does not work with cloud servers. For the current tab, click the toggle button in the cloud server status window. It will use local mode to access the web server directly until you turn on the machine cloud master’s back.
