Tips to help use Chrome on Android effectively may not know you

Not only with computer web browser, but Google Chrome has become close friends with those who use smartphones. Chorme became the main web surfing tool for many users today. And to meet all the needs of users, Google Chorme has many useful features that can help you operate faster, more efficiently. But not everyone knows and uses Chrome's features on Android.

In this article, Network Administrator will introduce you some essential tricks on Google Chrome Android, increasing the efficiency of using Chrome. Let's try to see which tips are used.

Note: Users need to update Chrome apps to the latest version to use more new features.

1. Change font size on Chrome:

Because some Android devices have small screens, when you surf the web, the newspaper will be quite uncomfortable to strain your eyes to read the words on the screen. However, we can completely adjust the font size to be able to enlarge the screen, increase the font size so that it does not work hard when reading newspapers.

Step 1:

You access the Chrome interface on Android , click the 3 vertical dots icon on the screen in the top right corner. Then select Settings (Settings) and click Access (Accessiblity).

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Step 2:

At the Access interface, the Scaling text appears in the size adjustment bar . You can drag to the right to increase the size of the text, or drag to the left to reduce the size as you like.

Notice that just below the pull-down bar appears text that describes the font size according to the size that we choose. You can rely on it to adjust the text appropriately, avoiding words that are too big or too small for your eyes.

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After reaching the size of the font I want, Chrome automatically adjusts the entire font size in the web page we are visiting.

2. Tap to quickly look up information:

When surfing a website and you accidentally meet interesting words, good keywords and want to find out what it means, then how to do it? If you manually copy and open the Google page to search it will take a lot of time.

Everything will be much simpler with just a few touches on the screen.

Step 1:

Also at the Settings interface on Chrome Android browser, select Privacy (Privacy). Then press the Touch to search item (Touch to Search). Then, drag the slider to the right to activate this feature.

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Step 2:

Back to Chrome's home page, click on any word or phrase you want to search . Soon we will be taken to Google's search page. Swipe upwards to see more results. You see, we won't have to spend much time searching manually as before.

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3. Surf the hand in the address bar to switch tabs:

When opening multiple tabs on Chrome it will take a long time to move between tabs if we don't know about this little trick. Users can swipe left in the address bar to be able to switch to the next tab, or do the opposite to open other tabs.

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4. Speed ​​up Web browsing and save data:

The new version of Chrome allows us to save all data. The websites you visit will be compressed by Google servers and then transferred to the phone, making the web surfing process faster, which can save much more data.

Step 1:

We access the Installation interface of Chrome, click Data Saver (Data Saver).

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Step 2:

At the Data Saver interface, you will activate this mode when you push the horizontal bar to the right.

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5. Enable zoom feature:

Many websites disable image zooming. This sometimes causes "annoyance" for the user when you want to look at a particular image carefully. However, we can absolutely do the zoom in Chrome browser with a simple way.

At the Settings (Settings) interface, click the Access item (Accessibility) and then select the Force enabled zoom box (Force enable zoom).

To see the enlarged image, we just need to click on the image and pull it out on both sides.

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6. Browse the file in your computer:

Google Chrome on Android allows users to easily manage the application's files.

Step 1:

You enter the path after file: /// sdcard / and access this address. Soon you will see the interface of the files in the memory card.

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Step 2:

At the file interface, we can browse and open certain application files easily on the device. However, this operation can only browse or open certain file files on the computer.

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Above are some tips to help you quickly manipulate, as well as easily manage Google Chrome on Android. Besides, we should also regularly update Chrome application to the new version to use more new features.

7. Move the search bar below:

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With Android phones the default address / search bar on Chrome will be next to the screen, making it difficult to control the phone with one hand, because you can hardly touch up to switch to another tab. Not to mention that some websites will have strange designs, so Chrome's address bar will not hide itself, occupy the screen area and look extremely uncomfortable. To solve this problem, you just need to switch the address bar to the bottom of the screen to make it easier to surf the web with one hand. To install, you do the following:

1. Run Chrome. In the address field, type chrome: // flags.
2. Search the "Chrome Home" line page and switch to "Enabled" activation.
3. Exit Chrome browser (exit completely, in that multitasking interface) and re-enter.
4. Now the search bar has been brought down to the convenience of manipulating one hand.

8. Quickly copy the web link:

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To quickly copy the website address, simply tap the address bar at once, immediately the link you choose will be highlighted, now you just need to hold it to show the Copy menu.

In addition, there is another pretty fast way for you to apply is to click on the web link in the address bar, immediately the link will be selected and the copy menu is available, so you will save 1 manipulation and usage time.

9. Add icon of the web often access home:

If you often need to visit a certain website to read news or read stories for example, you can pin the site icon out to save access time. The way to do it is simple: click on the 3 dots icon in the address bar, select "Add to Home screen" or "Add to home screen", then each time you go to the iCon screen just off the screen accomplished.

10. Required to run Reader Mode:

Reader mode will remove the components of the website that can cause distraction when you read an article, then the app will only display the content they include the relevant images only. The Reader button will automatically appear next to the address bar when you visit a website with a long article. In fact, Reader has been integrated into Google Chrome browser but not every web application.

How to activate Reader Mode is required as follows:

1. Install the latest version of Chrome for Android
2. Run Chrome, visit chrome: // flags
3. Press menu button> "Find in page"> type "reader" to search
4. When Chrome found the "Enable reading mode toolbar icon", click the "Enable" button.
5. Click on the "Run Chrome again" button that appears at the bottom of the screen
6. Wait for Chrome to boot up again, go to a certain article outside the homepage Homepage and the Reader button will appear.

11. Receive notifications from Facebook:

For those who do not have Facebook app installed on their phone but still want to receive notification, install it right on the web via Chrome. How to install is very simple, you just need to login to Facebook on Chrome Android, go to Facebook settings> Notifications> Mobile , turn on the notification here to be okay. You can also enable this feature for Chrome on your computer as well.

12. Open web on computer with Chrome phone:

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To find old posts or articles that are being read on the computer, users can use sync support feature on Chrome Android. To install, everyone needs to go to menu> Recent Tabs. Immediately the tab with the article you are reading badly will appear, now just click on the next read, it's convenient, isn't it? This function can be applied to many devices, as long as your device is running Chrome is sync.

To use this feature, users need to log in with one Google account on Chrome on both computers and Chrome on Android, so the new data can sync with each other.

13. Print website into PDF file:

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Chrome has built-in features to print to the printer or export to a PDF file, when it is necessary to share the web for someone who needs them to see the content or simply want to store that content for later . Users can share documents for everyone on the Drive team, very fast, no need to upload manually. Using:

Run Chrome, go to the web, press the menu button> Print. In the Print menu located at the top of the screen, you will see the "Save as PDF" button or the wireless printer name in your network.

Refer to the following articles:

1. Sync Chrome bookmarks on Android phones

1. Tips to speed up Chrome on Android

1. Top 10 great apps only available on Android

I wish you all success!