Chrome for
Android update brings data saver for
videos, smarter file downloads
Google is introducing major improvements to
Chrome for
Android to make browsing faster, and
downloads seamless for people on slow network. The an**uncement is part of company’s 'Next Billion' push to bring India’s next billion people to the internet.*
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At its 'Google for India' event in New Delhi, the company an**unced today that the
data saver feature on
Chrome for
Android **w also works with video content. The company claims that using the compression, a user can save up to 67 percent of
data when viewing a video in MP4 format.
In addition,
Chrome for
Android **w automatically optimizes HTTP pages when a user is on a slow network. These optimized pages are as much as 90 percent lighter than their regular counterpart, and load twice as faster.
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