Chrome for Android will let you download pages for offline viewing

The hours we spend away from home browsing the Internet on our mobile phones can easily end our contracted data package if we don't take special care. And many times we spend long periods of time consulting or reading web page content or even watching videos, without realizing how quickly megabytes are consumed

Google has announced that it wants to end this problem, and the new versions of the browser Chrome for Android will incorporate an interesting function that will allow you to download the contents with WiFi to consult them later offline

This is a very useful option also if we want to save our reading (or videos) to watch at any time, even if we don't have coverage. It is a good idea to make air travel more bearable…

How to download Chrome content for offline viewing

In mid-October, version 54 of Chrome for Android will arrive, which is expected to include this new feature. Once this update is installed, a special download icon can be clicked at any time, available from the drop-down menu button at the top of the application.

The icon will also appear below the videos that are embedded on the web, whenever we access them from the Chrome applicationThe updated version of the browser will be able to download entire pages (including videos, photos and music files) so that they are available offline at any time. This will result in significant data savings.

On the other hand, Google will introduce other improvements in Chrome also aimed at to further reduce data consumption by users, and these changes will also result in improved page load times. Specifically, the application will have a Data Saving Mode that will automatically compress videos in MP4 formatto consume up to 67% less mobile data.

And in the case of using the application from a 2G or 3G mobile network, Google will show optimized versions of the websites to achieve content to load up to twice as fast.This could be a good solution to frustratingly slow connections or for smartphones that do not have 4G connectivity.

Finally, to encourage Android users to keep using Chrome and do not install other browsers, Google will display page recommendations to download and check offline. For these recommendations, the great Internet giant will first use the location information (showing what is most popular in the area), but then it will further personalize the ideas based on the tastes and preferences of each user.

As planned by Google, many of these innovations will be available in version 54 Browser Chrome for Android (to be released in the middle of October), although some features will likely wait until version 55, which could be released before the end of the year