A Web browser is a software application that you can install on your computer or mobile phones to browse the internet. Web browsers act as a frontend to the entire internet for normal users. When you enter a website URL in the browser's address bar, it tries to resolve the domain in to IP address using the DNS setup. After getting IP address, browser will send HTTP request to the web server and retrieve the information.

Sometimes you may need to find the version and user agent of your browser for troubleshooting purposes. For examples, some plugins and extensions may not work on previous versions of Chrome browser. Here is a one click tool to find the below details:

• Browser name
• Version
• Operating system (OS)
• User Agent

You can simply bookmark and access this URL on any device or browser to find your browser details.

At this point of time Google Chrome is the most popular browser on mobile and desktop holding more than 60% of the market share. There are also other browsers people use on different devices:

• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Apple Safari
• 360 Secure Browser
• Opera
• Brave

Below is the market share of web browsers in desktop devices at the end of 2020.

Microsoft replaced their iconic Internet Explorer browser with the latest Edge in Windows 10. Remember, you can use multiple browsers on a single computer and use them for different purposes when needed.