This preloading advantage speeds up your browsing experience, providing a better user experience expertise for browsing websites.
In this guide, I will go over how to enable this feature and customize your Chrome settings for better efficiency. For anyone who hates the time they spend waiting around for pages to load, this new feature is a game changer — preloading can save seconds on every click, which adds up to hours saved over your web career.
Just think of clicking on a link and it opening up in a split second, that’s the type of speed increase we’re speaking of here. These steps are for everyone — be it a casual user who would like to have an experience of browsing, or a power-user who wants to tweak everything to the maximum. Keep in mind: The preloading thing has been a feature in the works that Google Chrome developers are still refining.
While it’s already being offered in the Dev channel, if that’s what you’re using, you’ll probably have to wait a couple more weeks.
Alternatively, you can change your browser to the Dev channel if you have been keen to give it a go or are watching for news on when it will become available. It’s important to know which version you are using, because each has their own features and levels of stability. Features typically appear in the Dev channel. Not as reliable, while the Stable channel provides a more steady and reliable experience.
Enable Preloading in Google Chrome for Faster Browsing Speed
To enable the preload feature — which is one of several performance tweaks buried in Chrome’s settings — you have to take a few simple steps. That falls under the Performance part of the settings, so it seems to highlight Chrome’s interest in keeping browsers as fast as possible. By enabling preload, you’re letting Chrome predict which links you may click next and begin loading them in the background. It’s akin to having a personal aide that reads your mind and begins working on things prior to you even request. So, to activate this behind-the-scenes magic:
- Click the settings icon (three-dots menu icon). Here you are presented with a variety of options. That is where the path to faster browsing can start. The icon leads to a vast universe of Chrome settings, where you can customize the browser entirely based on your needs and preferences.
- Then choose Settings from the list of options that displays. Here, you’re getting into the cockpit of Chrome and making every adjustment, large and small. You open the hood to see the important things that make your car run.
- In your settings menu, you’ll see the Performance option on the left pane — this is where you want to go. Using this link will show you the one specific settings that can make your Chrome to run faster, smooth and efficient. It’s like tuning an instrument — all the little tweaks make a difference in the beautiful harmony of your browsing experience.
- Now go to the Speed subsection, you should find preloading options. The items are different levels of preloading:
Disable Preload — This option turns the preload functionality off entirely. It’s the equivalent of walking but not running; your Chrome won’t pre-fetch any pages ahead of time.
Standard preloading — Choosing this will have Chrome preload pages it thinks you’re most likely to click. It is like you have a fortune teller in your web awful, who stands ready to guess your next move and make the transitions nice and silky. Importantly, this speed boost also has little to no privacy impact, since the preloading will respect your existing cookie settings.
Extended preloading: Pick this to supercharge your browsing and search speed over the regular preloading. Chrome aggressively preloads additional pages it thinks you will go to, cutting loading times dramatically. But if a website asks Chrome to preload its links privately, Google servers anonymize the request, hiding your identity, so the destination site can’t tell who you are. It’s like donning a digital mask as you figure out what’s on the horizon of the internet, although it may mean that Google will be privy to your preloading habits.
After making your selection, you’re all set.
Google Chrome will now employ website preloading based on your choice, fervently working to minimize your wait times when surfing between web pages.
