Chrome extension stops working, for some reason

Samsung Internet users find themselves deprived of an essential functionality: synchronization of favorites between Chrome and their favorite browser. The reason for this dysfunction is surprising.

Recently, theextension Chrome of the Samsung Internet browser no longer works, and the reasons for this malfunction are believed to be linked to a domain name renewal problem…

No more syncing of bookmarks between Samsung Internet and Chrome

Samsung Internetnow available on PC, is appreciated by users of Galaxy smartphones and tablets for its lightness and functionality. Downloaded more than 100,000 times from the Chrome Web Store, its extension offers synchronization of favorites with Chrome. However, this feature is currently inaccessible. Indeed, when a user tries to reconnect with their Samsung account on the extension, they are redirected to the site SamsungInternet.com. The domain in question no longer appears to belong to Samsung and is now for sale on the platform Sedo.

Source : Sammobile

This problem could be due to the Samsung Internet team forgetting to renew the domain. If this hypothesis is confirmed, it would explain why the synchronization extension stopped working, blocking access to favorites between Chrome and the Samsung browser.

Source : Sammobile

A bug with uncertain timing

It is difficult to know when this outage started. Samsung has not officially communicated on this subject, and the problem could persist for several days or even weeks. Many regular users, dependent on this synchronization, now notice the inaccessibility of their synchronized favorites.

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This incident shows the dependence of web services on the management of domain names, a simple oversight could impact thousands of users. The fact that the domain SamsungInternet.com is now for sale raises the question of whether Samsung has, yes or not, actually forgotten to renew its domain name. If this is the case, the brand will have to act quickly to resolve this problem and restore access to the synchronization of favorites on which part of its customer base depends.