Here's how Android can browse web pages with less data

At some point, users have been faced with data consumption issues from web pagees. This is particulary annoying when only some of the information on the web page is relevant to us. Now, Google's Chrome for Android has a solution to data consumption on web pages. It now has the Chrome Lite mode (data saving) which helps us to manage our data. This is a relatively simple trick and here is how it works.

The lite mode of the Chrome browser integrates what is loosely considered as "lazy loading". Thanks to the innovation, the Chrome browser ensures that not all the content on a web page displays immediately you open the page. The browser divides the screen in half and displays the top half in full first. If you need the bottom half, simply scroll up and it will load IMMEDIATELY. While the first half of the screen is open, the second half is on standby. As a result, the web page loads faster with less data. Lite mode allows Chrome to reduce users’ data usage by up to 60 percent, often by compressing the pages users request before downloading them.

When Lite Mode on Chrome for Android is active, Chrome will defer the load of below-the-fold images and iframes until the user scrolls near them. This does not requires developer action. Automatic lazy-loading helps to reduce network data use and memory use. It yields a ~10% reduction in bytes download per page at the 75th percentile and an 8% reduction in overall bytes download for the median user. Please note that the automatic lazy-loading of images and iframes will only be active if the user activates it.

Here is how to activate it: Open Chrome> 3-Point Button> Settings> Lite Mode> Flip Button.

This Lite mode is available from Chrome 77. However, we already have version 78. "In Chrome 76, we introduced native lazy loading for images and iframes using the "loading" attribute - an option for developers. In Chrome 77, Chrome Android users with Lite (Data Saver) mode can automatically delay images and iframes."