UC Browser latest version, 12.0, has been officially present in Indonesia and claimed to have a number of advantages over its predecessor.
9 UC Browser Latest Facts and Advantages
The browser belonging to Alibaba Group,, has been presenting
the latest version in Indonesia, UC Browser 12.0. Launched in Jakarta on Thursday, February 1, 2018, browsers claimed a number of improvements compared to their predecessors.
Here are some facts and advantages perambantersebut, as abstracted from the press release at launch:
Flexible
UC Browser developed by UCWeb, part of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, can be used in all operating systems like Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Symbian, Win CE, Java, MTK and Blackberry.
Popular
According to DataStatCounter, UC Browser is India's # 1 mobile browser and most popular in Indonesia, also included in the largest mobile browser market in May 2017.
Monthly active users in Indonesia
UC Browser users in Indonesia have now grown to 40 million monthly active users. And almost a third of it used to watch videos.
Content consumption increases
UC Browser has witnessed a total of 50 percent growth in pageviews on UC Browser news feeds and Consumption of video content by 60 percent from second quarter to fourth quarter in 2017, especially in India and Indonesia.
Supports the latest video formats
The latest version of UC Browser can support the latest video formats with VP9 Codec code. After updating from VP8 to VP9 Codec, UC Browser 12.0 is capable of storing mobile data up to 50 percent compared to the last version and still maintaining good video quality.
Supporting Media Source Extensions (MSE)
The browser supports the new MSE, introduced by the World Wide Web (www) to facilitate streaming video on websites and will help optimize before loading videos on websites and change them automatically under different networks.
The process of buffering is less
Based on data from Google in 2015, users reported a 30 percent less buffering process while watching videos with QUIC.
Supports the QUIC protocol
QUIC stands for Quick UDP Internet Connections which is a new transportation and can reduce the latency period compared to TCP. Therefore, UC Browser has better performance even though it is accessed with bad internet network condition.
Operating in the new U4 kernel
operating in a new kernel called U4. By utilizing VP9, supporting QUIC and MSE protocols, users can enjoy the viewing experience without buffering even on handheld phones with only 1 GB or 2 GB of RAM.