AndroidTutor2018- Google Chrome is now one of the most used browsers in the world on both computers and smartphones, especially those running Android. The browser facilitates deeper integration with the little green robot's system, and is one of the fastest options for available for anyone looking for speed on the web. With this in mind, as we all want to be able to access things that little bit faster, here are a few tips and tricks to help make your Chrome experience even better. A new update makes it easier to download webpages for offline viewing.
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Read webpages while offline
1. Copy, cut and paste web addresses
Share the address of specific web pages and content from websites you like using the Android copy and paste tool. In Chrome, click on the URL of the site and press the cursor for a few seconds. If you're using Android Marshmallow, you'll see that in addition to copying and pasting, there's the option to share apps and search for specific terms in Google Now.
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Copy, cut and paste in Chrome / © ANDROIDPIT
2. Speed up page loading with Brotli
Enabling the Brotli function improves the page loading speed as sites are unzipped faster. To do this, you need to open a new page in the browser and enter the following URL: chrome: // flags / # enable-brotli.
On the next page you'll see a page with several features. At the top of the screen, highlighted in yellow, is the section that is most relevant to us. It's called "Brotli Coding" content. You must now select the "Default" menu and then click "Activate". You'll then need to restart Chrome to apply your changes.
Activating Brotli speeds up Chrome. / © ANDROIDPIT
3. Disable open tabs between apps in multitasking
From Android 5.0 Lollipop the recent Chrome tabs are opened one over the other mixed with the apps, which let's face it can be confusing. Happily you can undo this action. To do this, open Chrome in Lollipop, click the three dots in the upper right corner of the browser, and then go to: Settings > Merge tabs and apps > Disable. After that, your Chrome browser will be faster and more organized.
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4. Quickly switch between tabs
If you followed the above instructions, you'll be able to enjoy yet another advantage. You can now move tabs quickly by simply dragging the address bar to the right or left. However, you should know that Android can be controlled in part by gestures. So in the following article we've put together 10 gestures that will enhance both your Android user experience and using Chrome:
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5. Add a shortcut to a website on your home screen
How to change the notification sound on your smartphone
Take a shortcut
Copy, cut and paste web addressesSpeed up page loading with Brotli
Disable open tabs between apps in multitasking Quickly switch between tabs
Add a shortcut to a website on your home screenSynchronize tabs and favorites with other devices
How to navigate in anonymous modeSave data with Chrome
Reader ModeGet Facebook notifications for Chrome
Compress media files with Opera MaxOpen tabs side-by-side with Nougat's multi-window feature
Read webpages while offline
1. Copy, cut and paste web addresses
Share the address of specific web pages and content from websites you like using the Android copy and paste tool. In Chrome, click on the URL of the site and press the cursor for a few seconds. If you're using Android Marshmallow, you'll see that in addition to copying and pasting, there's the option to share apps and search for specific terms in Google Now.
Best keyboard apps for Android: type faster and have more fun
Copy, cut and paste in Chrome / © ANDROIDPIT
2. Speed up page loading with Brotli
Enabling the Brotli function improves the page loading speed as sites are unzipped faster. To do this, you need to open a new page in the browser and enter the following URL: chrome: // flags / # enable-brotli.
On the next page you'll see a page with several features. At the top of the screen, highlighted in yellow, is the section that is most relevant to us. It's called "Brotli Coding" content. You must now select the "Default" menu and then click "Activate". You'll then need to restart Chrome to apply your changes.
Activating Brotli speeds up Chrome. / © ANDROIDPIT
3. Disable open tabs between apps in multitasking
From Android 5.0 Lollipop the recent Chrome tabs are opened one over the other mixed with the apps, which let's face it can be confusing. Happily you can undo this action. To do this, open Chrome in Lollipop, click the three dots in the upper right corner of the browser, and then go to: Settings > Merge tabs and apps > Disable. After that, your Chrome browser will be faster and more organized.
How to increase the RAM of your Android smartphone
4. Quickly switch between tabs
If you followed the above instructions, you'll be able to enjoy yet another advantage. You can now move tabs quickly by simply dragging the address bar to the right or left. However, you should know that Android can be controlled in part by gestures. So in the following article we've put together 10 gestures that will enhance both your Android user experience and using Chrome:
10 awesome gestures to improve your Android user experience
5. Add a shortcut to a website on your home screen
If you find yourself frequently visiting a website adding it to your home screen will save you some time and a few taps. To do so, simply tap the three-point menu and select "Add to home screen." Then just choose a label for the icon that will be added to your home screen. Too easy!
Shortcuts on Chrome. / © ANDROIDPIT
6. Synchronizing tabs and favorites with other devices
This feature is certainly not new, but it's not used very often. To make it really useful, you need to set up some options. Go to your Chrome settings, use your Google account, and enable sync. Before syncing, open Chrome on your computer, sign in with the same account, then "Sync" in the account settings and confirm that the "Open tabs" option is enabled.
Sync Chrome with your computer. / © ANDROIDPIT
7. How to navigate in anonymous mode
Incognito mode prevents Google Chrome from saving your browsing history. To access it, just touch the three-point menu (upper right corner of the window) and touch "Navigate without a trace". The search bar and anonymous tab icon are grayed out, and do not change according to the website you visit.
For anonymous browsing, switch to incognito mode. / © ANDROIDPIT
8. Save data with Chrome
In Google Chrome, you can reduce the use of your plan's mobile data by compressing them. Simply open the Chrome browser and go to: Menu > Settings > Data Saver. With this option enabled, you will certainly save yourself some internet data.
Use Chrome to save internet data on your smartphone. / © ANDROIDPIT
9. Reader Mode
Not all sites have been optimized to open on a smartphone. To improve your user experience with these sites, Google has enabled Reader Mode in Chrome. To enable this function open the browser and enter the following URL: chrome: // flags / # reader-mode-heuristics.
You will soon find the "Activate Reader Mode", then click the "Default" button and choose "Always". Each new page you'll open after this will have a note appear in the footer of your display indicating that the website can be optimized for your smartphone.
Chrome Reader Mode. / © ANDROIDPIT
10. Get Facebook notifications for Chrome
If you use Facebook through your browser, and you don't want to miss out receiving notifications, these can be sent to you through Chrome. When you first access the site with the browser, Facebook asks permission to send notifications to the user. This new feature finally makes the Facebook app useless!
However, if you want to enable or disable this option you'll need to go to: Profile settings > Notifications and then tap on the gear icon. Then click "Mobile on" and manage.
Chrome Facebook notifications. / © ANDROIDPIT
11. Compress media files with Opera Max
Opera Max saves data and gives you full control over your consumption. The application works with 3G, 4G, LTE and WiFi networks, and is really effective as it compresses videos, photos and media in general, applications and websites, and without much loss of quality.
If that wasn't enough to get you interested, Opera Max also allows you to save battery power by blocking applications running in the background. Last but not least, when managing WiFi networks, Max also tracks what apps do in the background when connected to WiFi. To get these features, download the app from Google Play Store:
Opera Max - Data manager For more information on how Opera Max works, visit the article below:
Tips for dramatically reducing your mobile data usage on Android
12. Open tabs side-by-side with Nougat's multi-window feature
This will only work with phones running Android Nougat. Open Chrome as you normally would, then long press the recent apps button on your phone to open the multi-window menu.
Long press the square button on the bottom right to go to multi-window mode. / © ANDROIDPIT
At this point, go to the Chrome-occupied half of your screen and tap the three dots button on the top right for more options, and select Move to another window. Then you'll be able to open a new Chrome tab on the other half of the screen.
13. Read webpages offline
For a year now, it has been possible to download a webpage to view it later while offline, but a new update makes it even easier. Just long press any link and choose "Download link". Or, when you're offline, you can tell Chrome to download it when you're back online. This is great for when your connection is spotty. Just open a link while offline, and when you get to the "You are offline" page, tap the big blue "Download page later" button.
Download pages to view them offline later. / © Google
Once you've downloaded one or more pages, you can get to the content by opening a new tab. You'll see your downloaded pages listed in their own "Downloads" section at the top, above some suggested online articles from Google.
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How to download Chrome for Android
To enjoy these functions on your Android, download Chrome from the Play Store if you have not already installed it on your device. Click the button below:
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure So now that you've assessed out tips and tricks, are there any which you think you might use yourself? Are there any other tips for Chrome that you use on your Android? Let us know in the comments below.
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7 Koketso P. 5 months ago Link to comment
I don't use Chrome anymore on my phone I use Opera Mini because Opera Mini blocks pop-up Ads which eat your data,I have been using it for two months and the data saving is tremendous.It is worth checking out and trust me on that.
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16 Reg Joo 6 months ago Link to comment
The brotli function works good, except one thing, that may be disturbing. After opening chrome, and putting it in floating window mode, it crashes.
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8 Pieter Uys 7 months ago Link to comment
Can one download ad block add-on like with Firefox?
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18 Francesco V. 7 months ago Link to comment
Not on Chrome browser. In Android exist nonetheless other browsers that allow blocking ads (Opera is one notorious example, but many exist).
On Chrome you can block pop-ups (usually used for ads). Open up Chrome, and then hit the three dots menu icon in the top righthand corner. Scroll down to 'Settings' and select it. Scroll down to, and select, 'Site Settings', and then 'Pop-ups'. Deactivate them.
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10 kf1957 7 months ago Link to comment
When enabling Brotli and Reader mode, eliminate the backslash after flags, and use no spaces.
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9 parayil h. 7 months ago Link to comment
Go to settings>storage>apps/ appication manager> all>select chrome> uninstall updates.
Open chrome menu settings and,
See merge tabs
Activate/ deactivate merge tabs,then,
Open Google play store menu my Apps and games.
Update chrome.
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18 Francesco V. 7 months ago Link to comment
Ah ah, a nice take on reverse engineering :-D
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2 No one 7 months ago Link to comment
How about text reflow? A browser without text reflow is useless to me. I will not pan back and forth to read.
1 Francesco V.
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18 Francesco V. 7 months ago Link to comment
Ehm, maybe it's just me, but the "Merge tabs and apps" has been removed from settings since some updates now ... BTW, while I knew the others, I didn't know about brotli compression, thank you Bruno :-)
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14 Michal Horna 7 months ago Link to comment
it's the best browser and does not require any modifications
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21 Andrew Burgin 7 months ago Link to comment
Chromer seems to be good application to Speed up Chrome
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Shortcuts on Chrome. / © ANDROIDPIT
6. Synchronizing tabs and favorites with other devices
This feature is certainly not new, but it's not used very often. To make it really useful, you need to set up some options. Go to your Chrome settings, use your Google account, and enable sync. Before syncing, open Chrome on your computer, sign in with the same account, then "Sync" in the account settings and confirm that the "Open tabs" option is enabled.
Sync Chrome with your computer. / © ANDROIDPIT
7. How to navigate in anonymous mode
Incognito mode prevents Google Chrome from saving your browsing history. To access it, just touch the three-point menu (upper right corner of the window) and touch "Navigate without a trace". The search bar and anonymous tab icon are grayed out, and do not change according to the website you visit.
For anonymous browsing, switch to incognito mode. / © ANDROIDPIT
8. Save data with Chrome
In Google Chrome, you can reduce the use of your plan's mobile data by compressing them. Simply open the Chrome browser and go to: Menu > Settings > Data Saver. With this option enabled, you will certainly save yourself some internet data.
Use Chrome to save internet data on your smartphone. / © ANDROIDPIT
9. Reader Mode
Not all sites have been optimized to open on a smartphone. To improve your user experience with these sites, Google has enabled Reader Mode in Chrome. To enable this function open the browser and enter the following URL: chrome: // flags / # reader-mode-heuristics.
You will soon find the "Activate Reader Mode", then click the "Default" button and choose "Always". Each new page you'll open after this will have a note appear in the footer of your display indicating that the website can be optimized for your smartphone.
Chrome Reader Mode. / © ANDROIDPIT
10. Get Facebook notifications for Chrome
If you use Facebook through your browser, and you don't want to miss out receiving notifications, these can be sent to you through Chrome. When you first access the site with the browser, Facebook asks permission to send notifications to the user. This new feature finally makes the Facebook app useless!
However, if you want to enable or disable this option you'll need to go to: Profile settings > Notifications and then tap on the gear icon. Then click "Mobile on" and manage.
Chrome Facebook notifications. / © ANDROIDPIT
11. Compress media files with Opera Max
Opera Max saves data and gives you full control over your consumption. The application works with 3G, 4G, LTE and WiFi networks, and is really effective as it compresses videos, photos and media in general, applications and websites, and without much loss of quality.
If that wasn't enough to get you interested, Opera Max also allows you to save battery power by blocking applications running in the background. Last but not least, when managing WiFi networks, Max also tracks what apps do in the background when connected to WiFi. To get these features, download the app from Google Play Store:
Opera Max - Data manager For more information on how Opera Max works, visit the article below:
Tips for dramatically reducing your mobile data usage on Android
12. Open tabs side-by-side with Nougat's multi-window feature
This will only work with phones running Android Nougat. Open Chrome as you normally would, then long press the recent apps button on your phone to open the multi-window menu.
Long press the square button on the bottom right to go to multi-window mode. / © ANDROIDPIT
At this point, go to the Chrome-occupied half of your screen and tap the three dots button on the top right for more options, and select Move to another window. Then you'll be able to open a new Chrome tab on the other half of the screen.
13. Read webpages offline
For a year now, it has been possible to download a webpage to view it later while offline, but a new update makes it even easier. Just long press any link and choose "Download link". Or, when you're offline, you can tell Chrome to download it when you're back online. This is great for when your connection is spotty. Just open a link while offline, and when you get to the "You are offline" page, tap the big blue "Download page later" button.
Download pages to view them offline later. / © Google
Once you've downloaded one or more pages, you can get to the content by opening a new tab. You'll see your downloaded pages listed in their own "Downloads" section at the top, above some suggested online articles from Google.
Opinion by Bruno SalutesThis makes having a small data plan easier
What do you think?
505013 participants
How to download Chrome for Android
To enjoy these functions on your Android, download Chrome from the Play Store if you have not already installed it on your device. Click the button below:
Google Chrome: Fast & Secure So now that you've assessed out tips and tricks, are there any which you think you might use yourself? Are there any other tips for Chrome that you use on your Android? Let us know in the comments below.
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$450.00 total
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Google Pixel XL 32GB Brand New Quite Black - UNLOCKED $516.93
Shipping from $23.06
$539.99 total
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Google Pixel XL - 32GB - Very Silver (Unlocked) Smartphone $540.00
$540.00 total
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7 Koketso P. 5 months ago Link to comment
I don't use Chrome anymore on my phone I use Opera Mini because Opera Mini blocks pop-up Ads which eat your data,I have been using it for two months and the data saving is tremendous.It is worth checking out and trust me on that.
0
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16 Reg Joo 6 months ago Link to comment
The brotli function works good, except one thing, that may be disturbing. After opening chrome, and putting it in floating window mode, it crashes.
0
Reply
8 Pieter Uys 7 months ago Link to comment
Can one download ad block add-on like with Firefox?
0
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18 Francesco V. 7 months ago Link to comment
Not on Chrome browser. In Android exist nonetheless other browsers that allow blocking ads (Opera is one notorious example, but many exist).
On Chrome you can block pop-ups (usually used for ads). Open up Chrome, and then hit the three dots menu icon in the top righthand corner. Scroll down to 'Settings' and select it. Scroll down to, and select, 'Site Settings', and then 'Pop-ups'. Deactivate them.
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10 kf1957 7 months ago Link to comment
When enabling Brotli and Reader mode, eliminate the backslash after flags, and use no spaces.
0
Reply
9 parayil h. 7 months ago Link to comment
Go to settings>storage>apps/ appication manager> all>select chrome> uninstall updates.
Open chrome menu settings and,
See merge tabs
Activate/ deactivate merge tabs,then,
Open Google play store menu my Apps and games.
Update chrome.
1 Francesco V.
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18 Francesco V. 7 months ago Link to comment
Ah ah, a nice take on reverse engineering :-D
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2 No one 7 months ago Link to comment
How about text reflow? A browser without text reflow is useless to me. I will not pan back and forth to read.
1 Francesco V.
Reply
18 Francesco V. 7 months ago Link to comment
Ehm, maybe it's just me, but the "Merge tabs and apps" has been removed from settings since some updates now ... BTW, while I knew the others, I didn't know about brotli compression, thank you Bruno :-)
0
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14 Michal Horna 7 months ago Link to comment
it's the best browser and does not require any modifications
0
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21 Andrew Burgin 7 months ago Link to comment
Chromer seems to be good application to Speed up Chrome
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