# Open in Browser | Shortcuts Library

> Opens URL in Brave, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari

## What this shortcut does

Now opens URL in your favorite browser (Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox.)
Note currently Apple has not made it possible to direct links to Safari if another browser is your default iOS browser. When they address that issue, I'll update this shortcut. Sorry about that.
UPDATES
added support for Microsoft Edge
improved support for Chrome
now checks clipboard for URL if you don’t pass one as input
improved URL error checking
No third party Updater Shortcut required.
This shortcut has an integrated update mechanism called
Embed-a-Update
. Thanks to the embedded updater, it does not require any external updater shortcut. The shortcut checks for updates itself, so you'll never miss an update and it is super fast.
If this Shortcut doesn’t work as expected, you have suggestions, or an idea to improve it, let me know!
Note, if you change your default browser in iOS you won’t be able to use this shortcut to open in Safari. This is a limitation of iOS. Sorry about that. Please tell Apple that they should fix this.

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad

## Required apps

Google Chrome, Firefox Web Browser, Brave Browser fast web privacy, Microsoft Edge

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