Chrome seems sluggish to you? Preloading a webpage can make browsing faster.
There are few things more annoying than being ready to explore the web when seated at your computer or mobile device and having each new webpage take an eternity to load. Preloading is a handy little function that can help you avoid this issue if you use Google Chrome as your internet browser.
How to Enable Page Preload in Chrome on Your PC
Before you click on a link in Chrome, you can load the following page beforehand. Let’s take an example where you are reading an article on your preferred news website. The ‘Related Articles’ link at the bottom is what you should look at next. The next page in Chrome will load even before you click on it.
In this manner, the next page loads immediately upon clicking the link because it has already been preloaded in the background. No more waiting for the page to appear while glancing at a spinning wheel.
It’s waiting for you right now. To enable Chrome’s preloading feature on your computer, follow these steps:
1. To access a menu, click the three vertical dots icon located in the Chrome window’s upper right corner.
2. To access Chrome’s settings window, scroll down and click Settings.
3. Locate and click Performance on the left. This will show settings pertaining to performance.
4. Toggle the Preload page switch by scrolling down to the Speed section and clicking.
Chrome will start silently loading webpages in the background before you click on links as soon as you turn that switch on.
How to Enable Page Preload in Chrome on Your Mobile Device
You can take the following easy steps to enable page preloading in Chrome on your iOS or Android device:
1. To access the menu, launch the Chrome app and tap the three vertical dots in the upper right corner.
2. After selecting Settings, select Privacy and security by swiping down.
3. Three options are available when you tap Preload pages: No preloading, Standard preloading, and Extended preloading.
4. Decide which option best meets your needs. Each option accomplishes the following:
- No preloading: Chrome won’t load any webpages in advance. Although this saves data, clicking on pages may cause them to load more slowly.
Standard preloading: Based on cookies and browsing history, Chrome will load a few pages it thinks you’ll probably visit. While using less extra data, this speeds up page loading.
Extended preloading: Even if you haven’t visited any of the pages, Chrome will preload more that it believes you might. Although it consumes more data than conventional preloading, this leads to even faster load times.
With Chrome, preloading sites is a handy tool that greatly improves browsing speed, smoothness, and ease of use. Thus, try turning on Chrome’s preloading if you find it annoying to wait for pages to load. Cheers to quick browsing!