Watching
videos in new
Chrome for
Android could save you
tons of data
Good news,
Android users: Google has updated
Chrome to make streaming video faster and smoother, suck up less battery and reduce
data usage.
Improvements made to version 52 of
Chrome will be "most **ticeable on short videos" according to the official
Google Chrome blog.
Android users can
download or update Chrome from the Google Play Store.
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As you can see in the video comparison below, the improvements are dramatic. A video played in earlier versions of
Chrome took 1:13 to load compared to only nine seconds in
Chrome 52.
Faster video streaming performance is great, but an even bigger addition might be the
improved data reduction.
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