Chrome is the number one browser for Android, because it is very fast, because it is full of functions and above all because it is pre-installed, being from Google, on many models of smartphones with Android operating system (which is also Google).
The only flaw of this browser is that, at least to date, Chrome on Android does not support extensions and therefore cannot be enhanced as it is done on PCs.
Despite this, it is possible to set Chrome on Android faster and customize it by changing some settings that are worth discovering and changing immediately to optimize Chrome on the smartphone .
To find each of these options, tap the button with three dots at the top right and then enter Settings .
READ ALSO: Speed up Google Chrome
1) Change the font size according to your taste
Chrome displays website fonts on the screen with a certain fixed size which can be changed according to personal preferences.
Chrome has a setting that allows you to decide how large the font should be on any web page, so that it is always readable without straining your eyes.
From the Settings menu go to Accessibility to find the cursor that resizes the text and allows you to make it bigger or smaller.
Chrome applies this setting on all sites.
2) Enable Zoom Anywhere
Many websites don't have the ability to zoom in on the mobile phone screen.
If, on the other hand, you want this option in every site, even those that would not allow it, you can always go to the Accessibility Settings menu and activate the forced zoom activation option.
Immediately afterwards, you can zoom in on any page you are viewing.
3) Reduce Chrome data traffic consumption
This is an option that has lost a lot of efficiency in recent years because the sites are almost all in HTTPS (In HHTPS it has no effect), but it is still worth keeping always active to speed up Chrome on Android in browsing on some sites.
It is the data compression technology that passes the traffic generated by a website that you want to open on Google servers, which compress it before uploading it to your mobile phone.
Even if it seems like a strange turn, everything happens instantly and on the contrary, surfing the internet becomes even faster.
The Data Saver to Enable option is located in Chrome Settings .
4) Quick search with the built-in search box
When you are reading a web page and a word or phrase appears that you want to know what it means or want more information about, you should select this word and then paste it on the search bar to see the results on Google.
To make internet searches faster, on Chrome you can touch any word to immediately search for it on Google.
To see the search results, just drag the small bar that appears at the bottom of the page upwards, without having to change the site and without moving from the page you are looking at.
This function of the "Touch to search" of Chrome on Android of which I had already spoken, is activated from the Settings> Privacy menu.
5) Swipe the address bar to switch tabs
The tabs open on Chrome in Android are visible from the number at the top I accept the address bar, which tells us how many tabs are open and which, by touching it, allows us to browse and close them.
A little known trick to browsing open tabs in Chrome on Android faster is to swipe your finger on the address bar.
It's a really simple trick, but one that has a huge impact on browsing speed with Chrome.
NOTE: To close all open tabs in Chrome in one fell swoop, touch the button with the number and then, in the preview screen, touch the button with the three dots at the top right to finally find the option Close all cards .
6) Translate words and sites into Chrome
As already explained, with the Google Translate app installed on Android it is now possible to obtain immediate translations from any app.
Just touch a selected word or phrase with your finger and use the Copy option to see the Google Translate button and view the translation of that word in a box, without moving from the page you are looking at.
7) Notification management
Google Chrome, both on smartphones and on PC, is able to send notifications from websites that have authorization.
For example, we have seen how possbile, thanks to notifications, to use Facebook from the site rather than with the app.
To manage notifications, activate them and remove permissions from specific websites, go to Settings> Site settings> Notifications .
8) Offline mode in Chrome
The offline mode allows you to reopen sites already loaded before, even without internet connection.
If you want to open a site with an unstable connection, Chrome offers a solution: if you load a page and there is no connection, you can touch the " Download page for later " button.
As soon as the Internet connection returns, Chrome will download the page and send a notification.
8 BIS) The Chrome Dinosaur Game
When trying to open a website and there is no internet connection, try to double-tap the dinosaur that appears on the error page to start playing.
9) Touch email addresses, phone numbers and street addresses to use them .
When you touch an email address, Chrome shows a button to write an email to that address.
By touching the address of a street, you can reach the destination in Google Maps, if you press a phone number you can call it with a single touch.
10) Clear your cache every now and then
The cache is useful for the browser to not reload the same sites when they are visited several times, but after a certain period of time it can grow and become too full of files.
Since files can be fragmented and corrupt, browsing can slow down.
Emptying the browsing cache from time to time can therefore help speed up Chrome on Android too.
To clear Chrome's cache on Android, open Phone Settings, select "Apps", then scroll down to find Chrome, press on Storage and then on Clear Cache .
11) Prefetch (page forecast)
Prefetch is a feature of Chrome that allows the browser to load links that are likely to be clicked.
The web page will then be preloaded before you even click on it, making browsing faster in many situations.
Prefetch is only active when using Wi-Fi, but you can set it to keep it active all the time.
The only drawback is that Chrome will use a lot more data which can be a problem in the case of consumer connections.
To use the Prefetch option, open Chrome, touch the menu with 3 points at the top right, open Settings> Privacy and then get the Use page forecast option.
12) Add site icons on the Android screen
If there are favorite sites that open more often than others, for example if you use Facebook as a site and you want to always keep it at your fingertips, you can add it to the Android home and make it appear as if it were an installed app.
To do this, touch the three dots button with the main page of the site open and touch the Add to Home screen option.
13) Set or disable the start page
You can change the homepage in Chrome on Android by going to Settings> Homepage .
Here you can choose the site to open, which by default is www.google.it, but you can also choose to disable the home page.
If you disable this option, when no tab is open in Chrome on Android, a screen will appear with the 8 most visited sites and, at the bottom, the news of the day that Chrome thinks may interest us.
READ ALSO: App to speed up the internet on Android
The only flaw of this browser is that, at least to date, Chrome on Android does not support extensions and therefore cannot be enhanced as it is done on PCs.
Despite this, it is possible to set Chrome on Android faster and customize it by changing some settings that are worth discovering and changing immediately to optimize Chrome on the smartphone .
To find each of these options, tap the button with three dots at the top right and then enter Settings .
READ ALSO: Speed up Google Chrome
1) Change the font size according to your taste
Chrome displays website fonts on the screen with a certain fixed size which can be changed according to personal preferences.
Chrome has a setting that allows you to decide how large the font should be on any web page, so that it is always readable without straining your eyes.
From the Settings menu go to Accessibility to find the cursor that resizes the text and allows you to make it bigger or smaller.
Chrome applies this setting on all sites.
2) Enable Zoom Anywhere
Many websites don't have the ability to zoom in on the mobile phone screen.
If, on the other hand, you want this option in every site, even those that would not allow it, you can always go to the Accessibility Settings menu and activate the forced zoom activation option.
Immediately afterwards, you can zoom in on any page you are viewing.
3) Reduce Chrome data traffic consumption
This is an option that has lost a lot of efficiency in recent years because the sites are almost all in HTTPS (In HHTPS it has no effect), but it is still worth keeping always active to speed up Chrome on Android in browsing on some sites.
It is the data compression technology that passes the traffic generated by a website that you want to open on Google servers, which compress it before uploading it to your mobile phone.
Even if it seems like a strange turn, everything happens instantly and on the contrary, surfing the internet becomes even faster.
The Data Saver to Enable option is located in Chrome Settings .
4) Quick search with the built-in search box
When you are reading a web page and a word or phrase appears that you want to know what it means or want more information about, you should select this word and then paste it on the search bar to see the results on Google.
To make internet searches faster, on Chrome you can touch any word to immediately search for it on Google.
To see the search results, just drag the small bar that appears at the bottom of the page upwards, without having to change the site and without moving from the page you are looking at.
This function of the "Touch to search" of Chrome on Android of which I had already spoken, is activated from the Settings> Privacy menu.
5) Swipe the address bar to switch tabs
The tabs open on Chrome in Android are visible from the number at the top I accept the address bar, which tells us how many tabs are open and which, by touching it, allows us to browse and close them.
A little known trick to browsing open tabs in Chrome on Android faster is to swipe your finger on the address bar.
It's a really simple trick, but one that has a huge impact on browsing speed with Chrome.
NOTE: To close all open tabs in Chrome in one fell swoop, touch the button with the number and then, in the preview screen, touch the button with the three dots at the top right to finally find the option Close all cards .
6) Translate words and sites into Chrome
As already explained, with the Google Translate app installed on Android it is now possible to obtain immediate translations from any app.
Just touch a selected word or phrase with your finger and use the Copy option to see the Google Translate button and view the translation of that word in a box, without moving from the page you are looking at.
7) Notification management
Google Chrome, both on smartphones and on PC, is able to send notifications from websites that have authorization.
For example, we have seen how possbile, thanks to notifications, to use Facebook from the site rather than with the app.
To manage notifications, activate them and remove permissions from specific websites, go to Settings> Site settings> Notifications .
8) Offline mode in Chrome
The offline mode allows you to reopen sites already loaded before, even without internet connection.
If you want to open a site with an unstable connection, Chrome offers a solution: if you load a page and there is no connection, you can touch the " Download page for later " button.
As soon as the Internet connection returns, Chrome will download the page and send a notification.
8 BIS) The Chrome Dinosaur Game
When trying to open a website and there is no internet connection, try to double-tap the dinosaur that appears on the error page to start playing.
9) Touch email addresses, phone numbers and street addresses to use them .
When you touch an email address, Chrome shows a button to write an email to that address.
By touching the address of a street, you can reach the destination in Google Maps, if you press a phone number you can call it with a single touch.
10) Clear your cache every now and then
The cache is useful for the browser to not reload the same sites when they are visited several times, but after a certain period of time it can grow and become too full of files.
Since files can be fragmented and corrupt, browsing can slow down.
Emptying the browsing cache from time to time can therefore help speed up Chrome on Android too.
To clear Chrome's cache on Android, open Phone Settings, select "Apps", then scroll down to find Chrome, press on Storage and then on Clear Cache .
11) Prefetch (page forecast)
Prefetch is a feature of Chrome that allows the browser to load links that are likely to be clicked.
The web page will then be preloaded before you even click on it, making browsing faster in many situations.
Prefetch is only active when using Wi-Fi, but you can set it to keep it active all the time.
The only drawback is that Chrome will use a lot more data which can be a problem in the case of consumer connections.
To use the Prefetch option, open Chrome, touch the menu with 3 points at the top right, open Settings> Privacy and then get the Use page forecast option.
12) Add site icons on the Android screen
If there are favorite sites that open more often than others, for example if you use Facebook as a site and you want to always keep it at your fingertips, you can add it to the Android home and make it appear as if it were an installed app.
To do this, touch the three dots button with the main page of the site open and touch the Add to Home screen option.
13) Set or disable the start page
You can change the homepage in Chrome on Android by going to Settings> Homepage .
Here you can choose the site to open, which by default is www.google.it, but you can also choose to disable the home page.
If you disable this option, when no tab is open in Chrome on Android, a screen will appear with the 8 most visited sites and, at the bottom, the news of the day that Chrome thinks may interest us.
READ ALSO: App to speed up the internet on Android
