Amazon Silk is a web browser developed by Amazon. It was launched in November 2011 for Kindle Fire and Fire Phone,[1] and a Fire TV version was launched in November 2017.[2] The addition of Silk to the Echo Show was announced at an Amazon event in September 2018.[3]
The browser uses a split architecture where some of the processing is performed on Amazon's servers to improve webpage loading performance. It is based on the open sourceChromium project that uses the Blink and V8 engines.
For each webpage, Silk decides which browser subsystems (networking, HTML or page rendering) to run locally on the device and which to run remotely on its own Amazon EC2 servers.
Silk uses Google's SPDY protocol to speed up loading of web pages.[4] Silk gives SPDY performance improvements for non-SPDY optimized websites if the pages are sent through Amazon's servers.[citation needed] Some early reviewers found that cloud-based acceleration did not necessarily improve page loading speed, most notably on faster connections or for simpler web pages.[5][6]
Some privacy organizations raised concerns with how Amazon passes Silk traffic via its servers, effectively operating as an Internet service provider for those using the browser. The Silk browser includes the option to turn off Amazon server-side processing.[7][8][9] On July 26, 2016 it was reported that Silk prevents access to Google over HTTPS, but that bug has since been fixed.[10]
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Amazon says "a thread of silk is an invisible yet incredibly strong connection between two different things", and thus calls the browser Amazon Silk as it is the connection between Kindle Fire and Amazon's EC2 servers.[11]
^"Amazon's Silk Browser May Not Be Smooth When It Comes to Privacy". PCWorld. September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
^Amazon releases their Silk Web Browser for the Amazon Fire TV – AFTV News, 28 November 2017
^Herrick, Justin (September 20, 2018). "Amazon Redesigns the Echo Show, and It's Very Sleek". TechnoBuffalo. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
^"Amazon Silk is hiring: Software Development Engineers – SPDY". Aws.amazon.com. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
^"Amazon Silk: Assisted Web Browsing (Sort Of) : The Amazon Kindle Fire: Benchmarked, Tested, And Reviewed". Tomshardware.com. November 24, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
^"Amazon's Silk Browser Acceleration Tested: Less Bandwidth Consumed, But Slower Performance". AnandTech. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
^Stephen Shankland (September 29, 2011), "Amazon Silk: One step forward, two steps back", CNET
^"Advisory: Amazon's Silk Browser on the Kindle Didn't Use SSL for Google Search". Nightwatch Cybersecurity. July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
^Amazon Silk—Amazon's Revolutionary Cloud-Accelerated Web Browser on YouTube
January 09, 2023
amazon, silk, browser, developed, amazon, launched, november, 2011, kindle, fire, fire, phone, fire, version, launched, november, 2017, addition, silk, echo, show, announced, amazon, event, september, 2018, developer, amazon, cominitial, releasenovember, 2011,. Amazon Silk is a web browser developed by Amazon It was launched in November 2011 for Kindle Fire and Fire Phone 1 and a Fire TV version was launched in November 2017 2 The addition of Silk to the Echo Show was announced at an Amazon event in September 2018 3 Amazon SilkDeveloper s Amazon comInitial releaseNovember 15 2011 11 years ago 2011 11 15 EngineBlink V8Operating systemFire OSAvailable inEnglish Spanish French Italian Japanese ChineseTypeMobile browserLicenseFreeware proprietaryWebsitedocs wbr aws wbr amazon wbr com wbr silkThe browser uses a split architecture where some of the processing is performed on Amazon s servers to improve webpage loading performance It is based on the open source Chromium project that uses the Blink and V8 engines Contents 1 Architecture 2 Name 3 See also 4 ReferencesArchitecture EditFor each webpage Silk decides which browser subsystems networking HTML or page rendering to run locally on the device and which to run remotely on its own Amazon EC2 servers Silk uses Google s SPDY protocol to speed up loading of web pages 4 Silk gives SPDY performance improvements for non SPDY optimized websites if the pages are sent through Amazon s servers citation needed Some early reviewers found that cloud based acceleration did not necessarily improve page loading speed most notably on faster connections or for simpler web pages 5 6 Some privacy organizations raised concerns with how Amazon passes Silk traffic via its servers effectively operating as an Internet service provider for those using the browser The Silk browser includes the option to turn off Amazon server side processing 7 8 9 On July 26 2016 it was reported that Silk prevents access to Google over HTTPS but that bug has since been fixed 10 Name EditAmazon says a thread of silk is an invisible yet incredibly strong connection between two different things and thus calls the browser Amazon Silk as it is the connection between Kindle Fire and Amazon s EC2 servers 11 See also EditHistory of web browsers List of web browsers Opera Mini Opera Turbo MarioNet split web browserReferences Edit Amazon s Silk Browser May Not Be Smooth When It Comes to Privacy PCWorld September 28 2011 Retrieved September 29 2011 Amazon releases their Silk Web Browser for the Amazon Fire TV AFTV News 28 November 2017 Herrick Justin September 20 2018 Amazon Redesigns the Echo Show and It s Very Sleek TechnoBuffalo Retrieved September 21 2018 Amazon Silk is hiring Software Development Engineers SPDY Aws amazon com Retrieved June 24 2012 Amazon Silk Assisted Web Browsing Sort Of The Amazon Kindle Fire Benchmarked Tested And Reviewed Tomshardware com November 24 2011 Retrieved June 24 2012 Amazon s Silk Browser Acceleration Tested Less Bandwidth Consumed But Slower Performance AnandTech Retrieved June 24 2012 Gregg Keizer September 29 2011 Amazon s Silk browser raises privacy security eyebrows computerworld com Computerworld pp 1 2 Thomas Claburn September 29 2011 Amazon Silk Browser Prompts Privacy Worries informationweek com InformationWeek Stephen Shankland September 29 2011 Amazon Silk One step forward two steps back CNET Advisory Amazon s Silk Browser on the Kindle Didn t Use SSL for Google Search Nightwatch Cybersecurity July 21 2016 Retrieved July 21 2016 Amazon Silk Amazon s Revolutionary Cloud Accelerated Web Browser on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amazon Silk amp oldid 1124200078, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
