Stefan Mileschin

Google claims its latest Chrome upgrade will help users save up to 70 percent of the data used on their smartphones and it is based on a trick learned from the days of 56k modems.

The new release removes images when loading pages over a slow connection, only requiring the user to tap the placeholder if they wish to see the image.

Chrome product manager Tal Oppenheimer explained in a blog post that people have the option to view a few images, rather than the entire collection of images displayed on one page. This selective image option enables lower data consumption, speeding up the internet connection for smartphones using the updated mode.

The new feature will initially be available to Android users in India and Indonesia and if no one dies then it will be rolled out to other countries over the next few months. The move has left the Tame Apple Press without much to say.

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