The world is continuing to grow each new day in different cadres and dynamics of life. the best tool or medium of the world’s growth is through the ever-changing technology we witness as we maintain our existence on this earth. Amazon Silk is yet another great milestone in the world of tec.
Amazon Silk is a type of web browser, just like any other common browser you might know. In essence, it plays a significant part in enabling Fire TV, Echo Show, and Fire Tablets users to conveniently surf the internet with these gadgets just like one would with a Smartphone or a laptop, or a PC.
Built as part of the Chromium Project, Amazon Silk is a widely used web browser that allows users to perform some of the common tasks on the intern such as searching and watching videos, downloading videos, browsing for favorite websites as well as saving bookmarks that attract your attention most.
What You Need To Know About Amazon Silk
As earlier mentioned, Amazon Silk is not a Chrome product, rather, it is a Chromium product. This means that it can be run in different ways from which Google Chrome is run or used. For instance, while Chrome requires active internet to enable a user to browse the website, Amazon Silk (a product of Chromium) can be run on offline-cloud mode and still work just like any other normal browser.
Major Devices That Support Amazon Silk
Amazon Silk browser can be run only on Amazon products. They are explained and highlighted below.
Fire TV
Once you have your Fire TV with you, then you are good for accessing and using the Amazon Silk browser- it supports a large screen display where you as a user can have a perfectly enjoyable experience.
How Does It Work?
With your Fire TV remote or Alexa, you can search for your favorite video, events, or channel and watch at your convenience. Additionally, you can still apply the same procedure to search out your favorite photos, hotels, learning materials, and shops.
Using Amazon Silk On Echo Show
Silk works the same way it does in Fire TV. Users can browse for their most preferred websites and get access to view what they love most; be it food stores, clothe boutiques, hotels, car dealers, and many more products. Using Silk on Echo Show enables the user to easily find their interests since the browser does filtering too. You can also save your bookmarks on Echo Show for easy future access to the website.
Silk on Fire Tablet
Having an Amazon device is a breather to users when it comes to app download and installations. All Amazon devices come with an already pre-installed app so you can click and navigate to your preferred site, site of choice. With this, you can look for the best shops, learning materials, and news and events all over the world.
Merits and Demerits of Using Amazon Silk
Merits
a) Convenience On Other Websites
When using your Fire Table to search for content online, Amazon Silks makes work easier and boosts the performance speed such that before you can view the content you are looking for on your device, Silk does prior tailoring of the specific content to the TV or Fire Tablet. Nonetheless, Silk helps to reshape the sizes of images browsed on the internet and fits the size of your device screen for convenience.
b) It Is Faster Than Other Browsers
Amazon Silk browser is very much faster compared to other types of commonly known web browsers that occupy the digital space. It is now clear that the Amazon Silk browser’s performance is cloud-based. This means that all setbacks involved with the computer or a devices’ disk space are overcome once and for all!
c) Storage Friendly
Normally, when surfing the internet, the device used requires enough space to host the caches and cookies of the website for performance. However, the case is different with Silk since all the web operations are performed in the cloud. This helps to reduce the Fire TV’s or Tablet space, making them perform even faster.
4. Predictive Technology
Amazon Silk possesses predictive technology where the browser can easily predict the content you are looking for and presents to you many options so you pick on what suits your best. Amazing!
Demerits
a) Insecurity Concerns
It is true to first mention that Amazon Silk completely uses the cloud to perform and store all users’ information. However, with the increased cases of cyber security and crime, users are at a higher risk of having personal and critical information leaked to the hands of hackers who can cause them huge risks.
b) Untrustworthy Web Browser
While it is stated well in its privacy policy that the company does not share users’ information with any other third party, the statement is not trustworthy at all. All this is subject to change especially when the user’s data are required for legal investigation by a government agency.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Is it possible to back up my Silk settings and bookmarks?
Yes, you can backup your data using your Fire Table by enabling the Backup and Restore features on your device.
2. What are Amazon Silk Cookies?
Cookies are small files stored on your device that help you to keep logged in to your account, as well as give you the most critical data you may need on your Silk account.
3. Does Amazon Silk Support Private Browsing?
Yes, and this is done by removing all private tabs from your Silk browser history immediately after they have been closed.
