Google has begun rolling out its Chrome data-compression feature to iOS users, reports TechCrunch. As the site notes, the feature is essentially a Google proxy that routes web requests through Google's servers. Once there, Google's PageSpeed libraries compress and optimize the content. Google says the feature has been shown to reduce data usage by 50 percent and speed up page load times on mobile networks.
Not everyone who is using Chrome on iOS will be able to take advantage of these data-compression features just yet. Google is slowly rolling out the feature by inviting select users to join the "limited preview." If you are one of the
