Chrome's "Lite Pages" now work with secure sites

You'll know if Chrome is optimizing a page, because an icon will appear in front of the URL and you'll have the option to load the original version if you can. Google says that it will use this feature sparingly – this is only when the full page load will be "arduous for users". In the eyes of the company, this means that if the network is 2G or slow-2G, or if Chrome believes that the loading of content per page takes more than five seconds, depending on the network conditions and capabilities of the network. l & # 39; device. In the US, where we generally have higher network speeds, this may not happen too often, but it could have a significant impact in areas where LTE is still under construction.

In a blog post, Google explains that when it optimizes HTTPS pages, only URLs are shared with the company, which keeps cookies, connections and other data. To be honest, it's a little surprising that the Lite navigation mode is not already available for HTTPS pages, which are now such an important part of the Web. And if you are browsing a PC, Chrome Lite is always limited to HTTP pages. It is also important to note that if you use Incognito mode, Data Saver will not work at all and is not available at the moment on an iPhone or iPad. There is definitely room for improvement, but if you are an Android user, you may have a reason to enable Data Saver in the Chrome settings.