Google's Chrome is arguably the world's most popular browser, not one of them. The browser products launched by many domestic manufacturers are basically shell versions of Chromium source code, and Chrome has a lot of similarities. On the mobile side, the number of Chrome browsers is also very large, occupying most of the market.
A few days ago, 9to5Google reported that the Android Chrome M100 version will cancel the "lite mode". The reason is simple, Google believes that users now generally have enough traffic and do not need this stream-saving model. According to the Chrome settings page, the Lite mode can load web pages faster and save more than 60% of traffic.
To tell the truth, in terms of Xiao Lei's personal feelings, on the mobile phone side, the browser's sense of existence is getting weaker and weaker, and the various application scenarios that can be thought of are realized through the App. Now of course, there are many super apps, such as WeChat, which are very rich in functions and also integrate light applications such as mini programs. However, in the super app, there seems to be no browser seat.
Of course, in the early days of the mobile Internet and even in the pre-smart phone era, mobile browsers still have a strong sense of existence. At that time, mobile phone traffic was expensive and the price of Internet access was high, and the stream-saving mode was almost a necessary function of mobile browsers. In addition to Chrome, UC, Opera and other products will be optimized in this regard.
Now, the various mobile phone packages that everyone uses may have differences in tariffs, but the price of traffic is generally not particularly high. In this case, it seems that the browser really does not have to make a stream-saving mode. However, Xiao Lei feels that the stream-saving mode is still useful in some scenarios, such as areas with dense crowds of buildings, mobile network congestion, and everyone's Internet access to caton, if there is a streamlined mode, it may be possible to load text and other information in advance, which can improve the experience.
Therefore, Google canceled the stream-saving model on the Android version of Chrome, of course, it has its own reasons. But Xiao Lei himself still feels that it may be better to retain this function and give users one more choice. Of course, in the domestic market, There are not many Chrome mobile users, and there are a large number of more localized and more powerful alternatives on the market, such as quarks, Alook, etc. Therefore, the changes on Chrome have little impact on Chinese users.