If you read a lot of articles online, chances are you may encounter problems with network connectivity and more. Also, there are times when you might want to read an article for later and want to save it when you have time to review it. Until now, people used apps like Pocket or Instapaper to save links to read later. However, Google has announced a new feature in Chrome for Android where users can download web pages to their devices and read them later. So if you want to use the completely new offline mode in Google Chrome, Here’s how to view web pages offline in Chrome on Android:
Download Web Pages for Offline Viewing
note: You will need the latest version of Chrome for the download options to be visible. As of this writing, Chrome for Android is currently at 58.0.3029.83
If you want to save web pages for offline viewing, simply follow these steps:
- Launch Chrome and find the link of the webpage you want to download. long press on the link and in the context menu that opensDownload: {link“. Tap this icon. If you haven’t downloaded files using Chrome before, Chrome may ask you for storage permissions.
- If you encounter “You are offlineYou’ll see a button that says “error page” or “on the Chrome dinosaur page” when navigating to a web page.Download Page LaterYou can tap this and Chrome will queue the webpage for download the next time you have a working internet connection.
- Download web pages for later viewing Also works for Article Suggestions Appearing on the “New Tab” page in Chrome. So you can save all the articles you want to read later (or maybe on a flight) and then read them offline.
Chrome also lets you easily access your saved web pages and see all your saved pages on the “New Tab” page in Chrome, with a special badge to mark it as downloaded. You can touch these downloaded web pages and view them at your leisure.
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Easily Save Web Pages to View Offline in Chrome
Chrome provides a very easy-to-use method to view web pages offline or save them for just reading later. The way Chrome handles this is quite different from the way apps like Pocket save links. Most offline reading apps save the text of the website for later reading, but Chrome’s native feature instead saves the entire webpage and always keeps a list of webpages ready for you, even when you’re offline. So are you going to uninstall apps like Pocket because Chrome has the functionality natively and much more? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.