Samsung Galaxy S6 for Dummies

Chapter 7

You’ve Got the Whole (Web) World in Your Hands

In This Chapter

Surfing the Internet from your phone

Changing the browsing settings

Visiting websites

Adding and deleting bookmarks

If you’re like most people, one of the reasons you got a smartphone is because you want Internet access on the go. You don’t want to have to wait until you get back to your laptop or desktop to find the information you need online. You want to be able to access the Internet even when you’re away from a Wi-Fi hotspot — and that’s exactly what you can do with your Galaxy S6 phone. In this chapter, I show you how.

The browser that comes standard with your Galaxy S6 works almost identically to the browser that’s currently on your PC. You see many familiar toolbars, including the Favorites bar and search engine. And the mobile version of the browser includes tabs that allow you to open multiple Internet sessions simultaneously.

This chapter goes into much more detail on using the Internet browser on your Galaxy S6, as well as the websites you can access from your phone, and discusses some of the trade-offs ...