ES File Explorer

ES File Explorer for Android phones and tablets is a free app that widely expands the management functions offered natively by this operating system.

Fully featured file explorer for android

One of the advantages Android has always had over iPhone is its native file browser app. It's much more flexible than iOS and brings it closer to what we're used to from PCs, like Windows or Mac. But that doesn't mean it's complete or couldn't be improved.

The best file browser for Android?

We don't want to go that far, but we claim that ES File Explorer is one of the most complete apps to manage the contents of our smartphone, going well beyond anything that we find not only in smartphones or tablets but also in operating systems of the likes of Windows 7 or Windows 10 have seen.

You only have to download the APK to notice all the functions and features that this admin offers and that allow the user to have complete control over different areas of his mobile device. Let's go through them here:

• A file manager that allows installing applications and checking compressed files. It performs all kinds of actions with them like cut and paste, create, delete, move, rename, search, share, send, hide, create shortcuts...
• Multimedia browser that allows playing music and videos and opening images and documents.
• Cloud storage in line with online services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or Box.
• Manages apps by sorting, installing and uninstalling or creating backups.
• Manages files remotely from the computer. Computer access via a WLAN network.
• Compresses and decompresses files in RAR and ZIP format.
• Tool for viewing text in different formats with built-in editor.
• FTP and WebDAV client capabilities to control files on servers as if they were stored on the device's SD card.
• Searches for files on connected devices via a Bluetooth connection.
• Function to clean and delete useless files on phone.
• Increases speed and frees up RAM memory by wiping running processes.
• Management tools for root users.

As you can see, this alternative Android browser, which is no longer on Google Play, extends the usual functions of the operating system in many ways.

What's new in the current version

• The developers did not specify the changes.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 4.2.