There are two useful methods to change Xiaomi default browser and so you can use the browser, you consider it best suits you. In general, when you have several browsers installed on your device, this asks through a message which one you want to open the links to the web with.
This selection can become a bit annoying, since every time we decide to enter a link from an application, it will ask you which browser you want to work with. Hence, we have decided the steps you must follow to change the default browser on Xiaomi so that you can use the browser that you consider works best on your device.
Steps to change the default browser on Xiaomi
To change the default browser on Xiaomi you just have to follow the steps that we give you below:
- The first thing you should do is go to “adjustments” of your Xiaomi device.
- Once you enter the settings, you should look for the section "Applications".
- Once you are in the applications section, select the option of “Manage applications".
- Already being in manage applications, you must press the menu that has the form of three vertical points at the top right.
- In this new menu, you must select the option “Default applications".
- Already in the section of default applications, you must select "Navigator” and it will show you the browsers that you already have installed and you must select which one you want to use by default.
By following these 6 steps you will be able to select your default browser and you will be able to browse the internet more comfortably and as you like. Specially in Xiaomi models that have MIUI 11 or a lower version.
Alternative method to change the default browser on a Xiaomi
There is an alternative method so you can change the default browser on a Xiaomi, especially if it has a MIUI system higher than 11. To achieve this, you just have to follow the steps that we give you below:
- You need to locate the application on your device “Security” and enter it.
- When entering this, it will do a quick review of the Xiaomi system and it will indicate its status. But it also shows you a menu of different functions that this app has.
- Now you have to select the option manage apps and the list of applications installed on your device will be displayed.
- Now it is necessary that you put pressure on the three vertical points located in the upper right.
- When doing so, you will see a new menu in which you are interested in the option “Default apps” or “default applications”.
- Enter the section of default applications and you will see the list of which are the applications that the device has assigned by factory for: messages, system launcher, messages, camera and the one that interests us at this moment, the one of the navigator.
- Now you must press on the option navigator and the different browsers that you have installed on the device are displayed and you can select the one you want to have as the default.
By complying with these 7 steps you will have managed to change the default browser of your Xiaomi without major setbacks.
Mobiles in which I can change the default browser in Xiaomi
This method that is used to change the default browser in Xiaomi on models that have the MIUI customization layer available. Among those models are: Redmi Note 4, Note 5, Note 6 Pro, Note 7, Note 8, Mi 8, Mi 9, Mi 9T Pro, Redmi 5, Redmi 6, Redmi 7 and later models.
In fact, changing the default browser may be the solution sought by some users who have experienced problems with the latest MIUI or Android updates. In which, when trying to open a link, the application closes and does not let you select the navigator that you want to use By applying these methods you will be able to define a single browser and therefore the error is eliminated.
Those models that have Pure Android like the Xiaomi Mi A1, Mi A2, Mi A2 Lite and Mi A3 it will not be possible for you to apply this method to change the default browser on Xiaomi.