The Reduce data usage option sends web pages to be compressed on Google's web servers before loading them on the device to save data and speed up slow connections.
This feature also syncs your bookmarks and favorite sites and can remember passwords and login data. Speaking of tabs, it can sync what you have open on other devices (desktop, tablets) with the phone. It has some advantages over its vanilla-flavored buddy, including switching between tabs with a wide swipe from either the left or right of the top bar.Ĭhrome has Incognito tabs, too. Google Chrome is becoming the most popular mobile browser and should be fairly familiar. It detects multiple videos per page (so you can add them all) and when you're ready, you can check them out without any distractions from the page they were on. The Watch list feature works on sites like YouTube and Vimeo. Pages are saved on-device so they can be read offline, but videos are not. GIF animation can be enabled from the settings, but there is no Flash support.īesides the usual bookmarks, you can keep a Reading list of pages to read later and a Watch list of videos. The stock browser packs the usual features: Incognito tabs, Find in page and Desktop view. The HTC Desire 510 comes with a Sense-ified version of the stock Android browser and Chrome out of box.
