Chrome for Android can significantly reduce cellular data usage by using proxy servers hosted at Google to optimize website content. This feature has been shown to reduce the size of web pages by 60%.
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Disabling chrome data saver while debugging
I'm trying to inspect a website on chrome for Android with chrome dev tools on my pc.
First of all, i check data saver is disabled for chrome on Android and it is
Then, i connect my phone with my pc, run chrome dev tools and i get the…

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Detect if mobile chrome's Data saving feature is enable from javascript
In mobile chrome on android device, there is a setting called "Data saving" accessible from Settings > Data saving.
When enabled the behavior can be slightly different when reading media, especially video: on mobile autoplay videos are prohibited…

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How to check whether Data Saver is on or not in Mobile Chrome Browser?
Website behaves differently when Data Saver option is on in Mobile Chrome Browser. What is the best way to determine whether Data Saver is enabled or not using JavaScript.

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Bypass Chrome Android: LITE MODE (lazy loading) - force eager loading to full website
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I have a website made in Bootstrap4. Works fine until I detected an error specific to Google Android Chrome browser - and his default LITE MODE.
If Im correct Lite Mode = Lazy loading, loads elements when needed (detected by scroll distance I…

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Django messages are not shown if chrome data saver is enabled
Google data saver compresses data to reduce traffic usage. It is enabled by default in mobile (android) chrome and might be used in desktop chrome as plugin.
Whe GDS is on django messages are NOT displayed.
I created a sample application (Python…

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Autoplay HTML5 Video on Android Chrome with Data Saver
I am building a Learning App. This has a quiz-like interface, so, lots of screens. Most screens are accompanied by animations. Considering quality and file-size, .mp4 seems to be the best format for the animations. But, HTML like:
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Accessing a Symfony app using Chrome's Data Saver causes BadRequestHttpException
Accessing my Symfony website using Chrome’s Data Saver on Android generates an error 500.
Here is the log
[2017-04-06 18:56:23] request.ERROR: Uncaught PHP Exception
Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\BadRequestHttpException:
"The request…

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