UC Browser has won the crown as the most widely used mobile web browser in India and Indonesia, according to data released by StatCounter, displacing the use of Google Chrome in these large developing markets.

But why do users prefer UC Browser over Chrome? The reason is as simple as that in these countries users have more limited hardware, and their web connections are generally slow, so the faster browsing speed offered by UC Browser becomes more important.

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