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Help Android 9 - What is the "Browser App" setting in the App Info page of web browsers ?

I don't understand this option. Please someone clarify for me.

If I'm on chrome's App Info page and I set "Browser App" to chrome because I don't want the flow to jump over another browser, will it change other browsers to redirect to chrome when I tap a link?

If so, how can I turn this off ? Or, how to make sure browsers keep me within the same one ? Is it "Browser App" ?

there is already a set as default setting so I'm confused

 

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I don't understand this option. Please someone clarify for me.

If I'm on chrome's App Info page and I set "Browser App" to chrome because I don't want the flow to jump over another browser, will it change other browsers to redirect to chrome when I tap a link?

If so, how can I turn this off ? Or, how to make sure browsers keep me within the same one ? Is it "Browser App" ?

there is already a set as default setting so I'm confused


Whatever the browser app is set to is what'll open links from other apps. You can also not specify a default browser in which case you'll be asked each time you try to open a browse link from another app to choose which browser you want to use.
 
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