Hit the Enter key, and you will be brought to the flags page and shown a short warning. To access these secret settings, simply enter chrome://flags into your address bar, aka the omnibox, which we've hacked a couple times over the last week to make a tab-based text editor and speed up our Gmailing. You can do this by opening Chrome and tapping the three-dot menu button. Tap on the dots at the top right and choose Downloads. If you're using Chrome for Android, the easiest method is allowing Chrome to preload pages. In other words, take advantage of them while you can. One option would be to tap on that option, or you can go to Chromes Download folder as well. These features are strictly experimental and may break or disappear at any time.
Below, I'll show you how to enable them, along with a few other speed-increasing tips.ĭon't Miss: 6 Surefire Ways to Speed Up Google Chrome on Android Step 1: Access Chrome's "Secret" SettingsĬhrome allows you to use unofficial browser features called "flags" while they are being tested or are generally unstable. What causes Google Chrome to run slow Many things can cause Chrome to run slow, but there are three a few main culprits that you can look at as perpetrators. Once enabled, you will notice the difference.
If browsing speed is important to you-and it should be-you'll probably be interested to know that there are ten simple flag modifications you can make in Google Chrome in order to achieve the fastest browsing speed possible.Ī few months ago, Dallas covered six ways to speed up the Chrome mobile browser on a Nexus 5, and if they're good enough for his Android phone, they're good enough for our desktops. This will likely result in faster download speeds on any download that was the previous dragging along. 2) Search for the Parallel Downloading feature and then enable it from the drop-down menu.