Samsung's web browser arrives on Windows, with an AI future on its radar (www.engadget.com)

Samsung has launched a Windows beta of its mobile browser, Samsung Internet, bringing cross-platform syncing of bookmarks, history and autofill to Windows 10 (1809+) and 11. The release also includes standard privacy and security features such as tracker blocking and a privacy dashboard. Samsung briefly offered a Windows build in 2024 but pulled it; this reappearance is available by signup on the product page. The strategic significance is clear: Samsung frames the browser as "evolving from a PC browser that waits for input to an integrated AI platform," signaling a push into the booming category of AI browsers alongside OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas, Microsoft Edge Copilot, Opera Neon and Perplexity’s Comet. For the AI/ML community, the move matters because desktop availability is essential for delivering cross-device, ambient AI experiences and for competing on data integration, latency and privacy. Samsung hasn’t disclosed which models or whether processing will be on-device vs. cloud, so key technical implications to watch are how it handles personal data, model inference location, API integrations and developer extensibility. The rollout could leverage Samsung’s device ecosystem to offer tighter personalization, but it also raises familiar trade-offs between convenience and privacy.