Google incorporates data compression feature for Mobile Chrome browser
Monday, January 20, 2014 at 6:53PM
Nicole Batac in Android, Android apps, Apple Beat, Apps & Launches, Data, First Looks, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome mobile, Mobile, News, Press release, data compression, iPad apps, iphone

Google aims to cut your data usage by half when you browse on your mobile devices. The tech company is introducing a data compression feature for both iOS and Android devices in order to help reduce costs for the increasing number of mobile users who browse on their smartphones and tablets. The feature can be activated from the Settings section. Select Bandwidth management and then Reduce data usage. Users can even track the amount of bandwidth saved per month.

“When enabled, Chrome’s data compression and bandwidth management can reduce data usage by up to 50 percent while browsing the web on Chrome for Android and iOS. This feature also enables Chrome’s Safe Browsing technology which helps protect you from malicious webpages,” said Google software engineer Matt Welsh in a blog post.

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