A method for an electronic device for managing one or more browsing tabs of a browsing sessions is provided. The method receives a request for a browsing tab. The method determines whether to process the request for the browsing tab locally on the electronic device based on one or more parameters associated with at least one of the electronic device or a destination associated with the request. When it is determined to process the request locally, the method performs the browsing tab locally on the electronic device. However, when it is determined not to process the request locally, the method sends the request for the browsing tab to a remote server to perform the browsing tab remotely on the remote server.