Galactic: Web Browser & Search

Get quick answers, check up on your favourite sites, and more right from your wrist; with Galactic – the new way to explore the web on Apple Watch.


+ Launch and explore websites right on your Watch, with the detail you would expect on your iPhone.
+ Switch on the fly between three ways to load websites to ensure maximum compatibility across the web.

+ Get instant, high-quality results in a style that suits your Watch with Galactics five supported search engines, each with a powerful purpose on the web:
Bing: A general search engine for the entire web.
Wikipedia: Read and explore millions of articles.
Dictionary: Define new words.
DuckDuckGo: Quick information about any keyword.
Pexels: A gallery of millions of pictures shot by expert photographers.

+ Store your recent search history on-device.
+ Bookmark websites for quick access from the search screen.
+ Complications for almost every watch face.
+ Three themes to make it yours.
+ Change the size of content to suit your needs.
+ Heaps more!

Still not convinced? Galactic takes the web further than its competitors in the ways highlighted below.


Galactic offers a browsing experience unmatched on Apple Watch, with headlining features including:

+ An unrivalled design made for Apple Watch. 
With most competitors, youre sent to a search engines website as soon as you make a search, forcing you to squint at text that isnt suited for such a small screen. When you make a search on Galactic, however, it gets results directly from your selected search engine and presents them in an interface that feels at home on your wrist, without unnecessary clutter.

+ Faster performance.
Because Galactic doesnt force your watch to load an entire webpage for every search query, you can expect to get the results youre looking for much faster than on most competitors.

+ High-quality results.
Galactic partners directly with search engines that are used by millions of people each day for their detailed and accurate results.

+ The best web compatibility on the market.
Galactic ships with three ways to launch your favourite sites, as opposed to just one seen elsewhere, offering enhanced compatibility with the web for the rare situation where one web renderer is unable to load your content.

+ Seamless integration with your iPhone. 
Receive a notification on your phone when you send a result to it, and jump right in with a single tap.

+ Comes with Galactic for Apple TV.
Your purchase of Galactic for Apple Watch also comes with Galactic for Apple TV – the best way to search the web on the big screen.

+ Frequent updates.
Galactic receives constant service and feature updates based on community feedback.


Galactic is privacy conscious. I, the developer, do not collect or otherwise access your data, including your search history. However, by using the third-party search engines it ships with, you are subject to their privacy policies: hence for honesty and clarity, the apps privacy label reflects these engines. You can opt out of this by bookmarking a search engine of your choice.

Due to the limitations of its hardware, certain websites may not behave correctly on such a small device – though this is a rare occurrence, and could be remedied by switching to another website renderer. Additionally, Galactic cannot store cookies for your browsing sessions.

For questions or concerns, please reach out on [email protected], or @dmazzeo17 on Twitter.


The night sky background images used in Galactic and App Store screenshots were captured by Miriam Espacio on Pexels:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/silhouette-photo-of-trees-during-night-time-365633/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/blue-pink-and-white-andromeda-galaxy-way-110854/

The Golden Gate Bridge image seen in the watchOS Wikipedia screenshot was captured by Rich Niewiroski Jr.:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GoldenGateBridge-001.jpg