Dolphin today celebrated 80 million installs with the launch of a new version of its Android mobile browser.

Version 10 boasts features like a customizable home screen, an intuitive user interface design, and rare functions like vertical search and Flash support.

"Today we're launching a browser made just for you," the Dolphin team said in a blog post. "A browser for students, for grandparents, for business professionals, for artists for everyone."

The overhauled app allows users to make the browser their own by adding to the home screen their favorite sites and Web apps, available in the new Dolphin store, which includes more than 200 applications like Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, and Amazon. Drag and drop sites and Web apps into folders, or simply move them around the screen to get organized.

Dolphin also gave its search function a boost, turning the browser into an all-in-one center: Type a query into the URL bar, and choose to search directly within Amazon, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, or Facebook. Users also have the choice between five popular search engines, including Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

Most notably, Dolphin resurrected Flash in its Android browser  Just download the Adobe Flash Player app onto your device, and turn on Flash Support in the Dolphin settings menu. "No more switching to the YouTube app to view video content!" the team said.

A new Sonar feature, meanwhile, takes a cue from the browser's namesake and serves as a sort of Siri for Dolphin; use your voice to search the Internet, post to social networks, bookmark websites, and navigate online. Also new to Version 10 is Gesture, which lets users create a personal symbol to access the mobile and desktop websites they use the most.

The Dolphin Browser app is available for free in the Google Play store.

For more, see PCMag's review of the Dolphin Browser for Android and the slideshow above.

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