UC Browser
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web browser developed by the Chinese mobile Internet company UCWeb
Key facts
- Developer
- UCWeb Alibaba Group
- Initial release
- 2004 ; 22 years ago ( 2004 )
- Engine
- Blink , V8
- Operating system
- Platforms iOS iPadOS Android Windows Phone Windows 10 Mobile Windows RT S60 Windows CE Microsoft Windows Tizen Bada KaiOS Fire OS ChromeOS Linux Ubuntu BlackBerry 10
- Standards
- HTML5 , CSS3
- Available in
- 25 languages
- Type
- Mobile browser
- License
- Proprietary software with EULA ( link ) and Terms of Use ( link )
- Website
- www .ucweb .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
UC Browser is a web browser developed by mobile internet company UCWeb, a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group. It was the most popular mobile browser in India, Indonesia, and Mali, as well as the second-most popular one in China as of 2017. Its world-wide browser share as of November 2025 is 0.59% (and 1.07% on smartphones) according to StatCounter.
Originally launched in April 2004 as a Java-only application, it was subsequently made available on a number of platforms including Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Java ME, Symbian, Windows Phone, and Microsoft Windows. As of 2020, Android is the only operating system still supported by the browser.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “UC Browser” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.