Faster b browsing lower data use might be on the cards for Android mobile phone users if they download a new version of the Chrome b browser offered by .

The latest Chrome Beta for Android, which was made available on Tuesday, includes an “experimental data compression feature” that said could reduce data loads by up to 60 percent on some sites.

The system works by sending most b requests through a proxy server, which sits in between the user’s browser the destination b server. The server is running SY, a -developed protocol designed to reduce the data size of b content.

It does this through tricks such as compressing the text in pages, sending multiple simultaneous requests to a b server by transcoding images into a more efficient format called b

bis a -developed image format that is said to reduce image size by 26 percent against G (rtable Network Graphics) images by between 25 percent 34 percent against the EG format. Support for the format is already in Chrome, Opera Android from version 4.0 “Ice Cream Swich,” can be added to Internet Explorer with the Chrome Frame plug-in.

The system works on all non-secure connections to websites using the HTTprotocol. Connections to secure sites using the HTT protocol are hled as normal don’t flow through the SY proxy. As an added advantage, non-secure connections are encrypted using SSbetween the phone proxy. ‘s Safe Browsing feature is also enabled, which helps guard against malware phishing attacks.

Users can find the beta version of the Chrome browser by following this link. It won’t appear through a search of the ay Store.

Once installed, the system needs to be enabled. That can be done by navigating the browser to “chrome://flags” setting “Experimental Data Compression oxy” to on.