diff --git a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/MauiWebView.cs b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/MauiWebView.cs
index 807e7d705e83..03a3d80fe5d1 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/MauiWebView.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Platform/Android/MauiWebView.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void IWebViewDelegate.LoadUrl(string? url)
 					_handler.CurrentNavigationEvent = WebNavigationEvent.NewPage;
 				}
 
-				if (url != null && !url.StartsWith('/') && !Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(url, UriKind.Absolute))
+				if (url is not null && !url.StartsWith('/') && !Uri.TryCreate(url, UriKind.Absolute, out _))
 				{
 					// URLs like "index.html" can't possibly load, so try "file:///android_asset/index.html"
 					url = AssetBaseUrl + url;
diff --git a/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/WebView/WebViewHandlerTests.cs b/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/WebView/WebViewHandlerTests.cs
index 9dd89c8dd016..fabe42c79718 100644
--- a/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/WebView/WebViewHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Core/tests/DeviceTests/Handlers/WebView/WebViewHandlerTests.cs
@@ -113,5 +113,40 @@ await img.AssertContainsColor(expectedColorInPlayingVideo, imageRect =>
 				});
 			});
 		}
+
+		[Theory(DisplayName = "WebView loads non-Western character encoded URLs correctly"
+#if WINDOWS
+			, Skip = "Skipping this test on Windows due to WebView's OnNavigated event returning WebNavigationResult.Failure for URLs with non-Western characters. More information: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/27425"
+#endif
+		)]
+		[InlineData("https://example.com/test-Ağ-Sistem%20Bilgi%20Güvenliği%20Md/Guide.pdf")] // Non-ASCII character + space (%20) (Outside IRI range)
+		[InlineData("https://google.com/[]")] // Reserved set (`;/?:@&=+$,#[]!'()*%`)
+		[InlineData("https://example.com/test/%3Cvalue%3E")] // Escaped character from " <>`^{|} set (e.g., < >)
+		[InlineData("https://example.com/path/%09text")] // Escaped character from [0, 1F] range (e.g., tab %09)
+		[InlineData("https://example.com/test?query=%26value")] // Another escaped character from reserved set (e.g., & as %26)
+		public async Task WebViewShouldLoadEncodedUrl(string encodedUrl)
+		{
+			if (await AssertionExtensions.SkipTestIfNoInternetConnection())
+ 			{
+ 				return;
+ 			}
+			var webView = new WebView();
+			var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<WebNavigationResult>();
+
+			webView.Navigated += (sender, args) =>
+			{
+				tcs.TrySetResult(args.Result);
+			};
+
+			await InvokeOnMainThreadAsync(() =>
+			{
+				var handler = CreateHandler<WebViewHandler>(webView);
+				(handler.PlatformView as IWebViewDelegate)?.LoadUrl(encodedUrl);
+			});
+
+			var navigationResult = await tcs.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+
+			Assert.Equal(WebNavigationResult.Success, navigationResult);
+		}
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/TestUtils/src/DeviceTests/AssertionExtensions.cs b/src/TestUtils/src/DeviceTests/AssertionExtensions.cs
index 02ed2a55c906..feeb7e140452 100644
--- a/src/TestUtils/src/DeviceTests/AssertionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/TestUtils/src/DeviceTests/AssertionExtensions.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Maui.Dispatching;
 using Microsoft.Maui.Platform;
@@ -266,5 +267,39 @@ public static async Task AssertEventually(this Func<bool> assertion, int timeout
 				throw new XunitException(message);
 			}
 		}
+		// Add these methods to AssertionExtensions class
+ 		/// <summary>
+ 		/// Checks if internet connection is available by making an HTTP request
+ 		/// </summary>
+ 		/// <returns>True if internet connection is available</returns>
+ 		public static async Task<bool> HasInternetConnection()
+ 		{
+ 			try
+ 			{
+ 				using var httpClient = new HttpClient();
+ 				httpClient.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+ 				using var response = await httpClient.GetAsync("https://1.1.1.1");
+ 				return response.IsSuccessStatusCode;
+ 			}
+ 			catch
+ 			{
+ 				return false;
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		/// <summary>
+ 		/// Skips the current test if no internet connection is available
+ 		/// </summary>
+ 		/// <param name="message">Custom message to display when skipping the test</param>
+ 		/// <returns>True if test should be skipped (no internet), false if test can continue</returns>
+ 		public static async Task<bool> SkipTestIfNoInternetConnection(string message = "Test requires internet connection")
+ 		{
+ 			if (!await HasInternetConnection())
+ 			{
+ 				Assert.True(true, $"TEST SKIPPED: {message}");
+ 				return true; // Test should be skipped
+ 			}
+ 			return false; // Test can proceed
+ 		}
 	}
 }