Chrome on Android to load videos faster while using less battery
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 8:16PM
Nicole Batac in Android, Android apps, Chrome 52, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome mobile, Mobile, News, Press release, Web, app news

A new version of Chrome on Android is promising faster loading times for videos while using up less of your battery. With Chrome 52, you should see videos playing sooner on the mobile browser instead of having it pause briefly before loading as you can see in the demo video above. At the same time, it’ll supposedly make your battery last longer. If you use Data Saver Mode, videos also work there, too. It’ll save you as much as 50 percent on data by what Google says is using a lightweight version of the video. You are supposed to see the differences in short videos, which makes up a lot of online content. But we can’t say how short is short.

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