How to control the “Turbo” mode in Yandex Browser: tips and instructions. What is “Turbo” mode in modern browsers: Chrome, Yandex, Opera What does it mean to enable turbo mode

Immediately after its release, Yandex.Browser quickly gained momentum and took the leading position in the Russian Internet market. Its audience of thousands fell in love with it for its combination of simplicity and versatility. One of the built-in functions designed to simplify and speed up the work of the average user is the “Turbo” mode; it can be enabled in both desktop and mobile versions.

What is Turbo mode

Turbo mode automatically blocks areas of the page being opened that require a large load on the Internet (videos, pictures, advertising, flash games). This feature incredibly helps users with slow Internet, saves traffic, and also protects against unwanted auto-playing videos and songs. When you open the page in your browser, you will see the following:

By clicking on “Show Contents”, you can view everything that is hidden by the “Turbo” mode.

When the function is activated, a rocket icon will appear at the top right.

With sites protected by HTTPS encryption (their link begins with https://), the Turbo mode does not work, since they are not sent to Yandex servers, but are opened directly.

But there are times when this feature is enabled incorrectly or causes some inconvenience. In this case, it should be disabled immediately.

Automatic on/off

There are certain conditions on which enabling/disabling the “Turbo” button depends:

• Turns on if your Internet speed drops below 128 kbps, and works until it recovers above 512 kbps.
• It turns off as soon as the speed goes above 512 Kbps, and does not start helping until it drops below 128 Kbps.

Configure the thresholds for turning on/off the Turbo mode

you can't do it on your own.

How to enable Turbo mode in Yandex Browser manually

Settings

The first three points are the conditions under which the function will take effect:

1. It will turn on itself as soon as it notices a decrease in speed below the minimum mark of 128 kbit/s.
2. It will work constantly, regardless of Internet speed.
3. It will remain turned off even with any slowdown and Internet congestion.

Additional functions:

1. The browser will notify you if the loading speed changes suddenly.
2. Videos downloaded when the function is activated will be compressed, which will reduce the load on the Internet and save your megabytes, but this will negatively affect the quality of the picture.

Connection in the mobile version of the browser

The conditions for automatically turning on/off the mode on the phone are the same as in the computer version of the browser:

1. Internet weaker than 128 Kbps - turns on.
2. Internet better than 512 Kbps - turns off.

You can set the operating conditions of the mode by following these steps:

When Turbo mode is turned on, the loading indicator turns blue and a rocket icon appears.

The “Turbo” mode will be useful for users with a weak connection and those who want to save traffic. If you are not one of them, then it is unlikely to do any good, but it will not do any harm either. Moreover, you can always disable the function in a couple of clicks.

Do you have Yandex Browser installed and is it loading pages slowly? This problem is easy to fix. You just need to turn on the turbo mode in Yandex, and it will fly like a rocket! And in the literal sense. After all, the turbo mode button in Yandex Browser just has a rocket icon :)

The new Yandex Browser is quite fast and nimble. Opens any page in literally 1-2 seconds. But provided that you have the same fast Internet. What should those who have a slow Internet connection do?

Especially for such users there is a magic turbo button in Yandex Browser. This option is a real salvation for all users who have slow Internet or limited traffic. You just need to activate turbo mode in Yandex Browser, and pages will start loading much faster.

By the way, Turbo mode was first invented by Opera developers. And only then they began to use it in other browsers.

So, we've sorted out the theory, let's move on to practice.

2 ways to activate Turbo mode

There are two ways to activate Turbo mode in Yandex Browser. The most convenient is the first one (by the way, it appeared not so long ago - it didn’t exist before).

So, to enable this option, you just need to press the magic button. For this:

1. Launch your browser.
2. Click on the 3 stripes in the right corner.
3. Select "Enable turbo".

Please note that a small rocket icon has appeared in the address bar. This means that you did everything correctly, and the turbo mode really works.

For more information, you can click on this icon. It shows the operating time of the turbo mode, as well as the amount of traffic saved.

If necessary, you can also enable Wi-Fi protection if you are using a laptop or mobile device.

There is also a second way:

Please note: there are 3 buttons to choose from - “On”, “Off” and “Auto”. Everything is clear with the first two, right? What does the "Auto" button do? It's simple: it activates turbo mode automatically when it detects a slow Internet connection. If the speed is normal, then this option will be disabled.

In some cases, due to traffic savings, videos may not be displayed on sites. However, this is easy to fix - click the “Show content” button, and Turbo technology will immediately start the video.

How to disable Turbo mode in Yandex

If for some reason you no longer need this option, you can easily turn it off. And also in two ways.

The first is to click on the 3 bars and select “Disable Turbo”. The rocket icon in the address bar will disappear and this option will be disabled.

Another way:

This is how you can easily turn off Turbo technology in Yandex.

Activating Turbo mode on Android

And finally, let's look at how to enable Turbo mode on mobile devices running Android. In principle, the setup is as easy as shelling pears:

1. Launch Yandex on your smartphone or tablet.
2. Open the "Turbo Mode" tab (on the left).
3. Check the “Enabled” box.

Many well-known web browsers, for example, have a special “Turbo” mode, which can significantly increase page loading speed due to traffic compression. Unfortunately, because of this, the quality of the content noticeably suffers, which is why users need to disable this mode.

Yandex.Browser provides two options for configuring the accelerator operation - in one, control is performed manually, and in the second, this function is insisted on automatic operation when the Internet speed drops.

Method 1: Disabling "Turbo" through the browser menu

As a rule, such a step is enough in most cases to deactivate the site loading acceleration mode in Yandex Browser. The exception is the case when you configured the automatic operation of this function in the web browser settings.

1. Click on the browser menu button in the upper right corner.
2. A list of items will appear on the screen, in which you will find the item "Turn off turbo". Accordingly, by selecting this item, the option will be terminated. If you see the item "Turn on turbo"– your accelerator is inactive, which means you don’t need to press anything.

Method 2: Disable "Turbo" through web browser options

There is a function in the settings of your web browser that allows you to automatically turn on the accelerator when there is a noticeable decrease in Internet speed. If you had this setting active, then it should be deactivated, otherwise the option will turn on and off spontaneously.

In addition, in the same menu you can configure the constant operation of the site loading acceleration function. If you have the appropriate setting, then you won’t be able to disable the page loading acceleration mode using the first method.

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“Turbo” mode is a useful feature of the Yandex, Opera, Chrome browsers, which allows you to speed up the loading of website pages with a slow Internet connection. Let's take a closer look at how the "Turbo" mode works in different browsers, in what cases it will really help, and what else the option does, besides increasing the speed of loading sites.

Why do you need the Turbo mode?

The developers of the Opera browser came up with Turbo mode in 2009. At that time, the Internet was still slow for many (telephone modems) and the tariffs required payment for each megabyte of received or sent information, and the mode allowed for real savings. Now most people have unlimited access to the network, but speeding up downloads is still important on mobile connections and WiFi in public places.

The principle of operation of the “Turbo” mode in Opera and “Yandex Browser” is the same. With the option disabled, the user downloads the site directly to his computer, and with the “Turbo” mode activated, the data is first downloaded to the Opera Software server and from there the page opens in a browser tab. On the Opera Software server, multimedia - pictures, videos, animations - are compressed and, with a slow connection, sites launch on the user's computer faster - the amount of information downloaded is smaller. The quality of videos and other things noticeably deteriorates, but you can watch a video, animation or picture even on a slow (2G) mobile Internet.

Due to the fact that the Internet browser does not connect directly to the site, but through Opera Software servers, in “Turbo” mode you can visit sites blocked by Roskomnadzor or your Internet provider. Access to prohibited resources is blocked at the provider level - Internet providers do not allow their subscribers to access pages with certain addresses. In “Turbo” mode, the connection goes directly to the Opera or Google servers if you use Chrome, so the provider does not record access to prohibited sites and cannot block them.

When you go with your browser's turbo mode turned on to a site that determines your IP address, your location or provider, for example, to our home page, you will see that the data is determined incorrectly. To be more precise, our service determines the IP address of the server that ensures the operation of the turbo mode and, based on it, determines the provider and your location.

"Turbo" in Chrome: traffic saving plugin

Chrome does not have a built-in “Turbo” mode, and before enabling accelerated loading of sites, you will have to download and install the official add-on from Google’s virtual storefront.

• Go to Chrome Webstore;
• Enter “Traffic saving” into the search;
• Find the extension of the same name from the Google developer;
• Add an extension to the browser;
• Close and launch the browser again.

The extension icon will appear in the upper right corner of the window. To activate the economy mode (“Turbo”), you need to click on the icon and check the only item “Traffic saving”. For compression, this mode works great - on some sites it “cuts off” up to 70% of unnecessary multimedia - advertising banners, animation, etc. - but it is not very suitable as a means of accessing blocked sites. We immediately located the device under test and did not find Turbo mode enabled in Chrome.

Opera Turbo to speed up your browsing experience

Opera Turbo worked and works for users of the original “opera” product and under a server rental agreement for users of Yandex Browser.

To activate the “Turbo” mode in the browser, open the menu (upper left corner) and check the “Opera Turbo” box.

In terms of traffic filtering and compression, the pioneer shows better results than Google's product. The servers compress pictures, scripts, and even videos, although on the feature presentation page the developer still recommends setting the minimum online video quality for slow connections. It will be possible to access sites prohibited in Russia, although the vaunted Opera Turbo did not hide the tested computer from our watchful eye, and the enabled page loading acceleration mode was not detected.

"Turbo" mode in the Yandex browser

In Yandex Browser, the Turbo mode is organized using technology similar to the above-mentioned solutions. For compression, the same servers are used as in Opera. The "Turbo" mode in Yandex Browser is activated automatically by default - compression occurs only on a slow connection.

In the settings you can enable “Turbo” for all sites. Clicking on the rocket icon in the address bar allows you to activate it for an individual page (if it is always turned off) or allow the site to load in a tab without acceleration (if it is always turned on).

If necessary, individual blocked elements are activated by clicking - click “Unblock content” and watch the compressed video online through a narrow channel at a per-megabyte rate. In the drop-down menu, which can be opened by clicking on the rocket in the address bar, there is an “Unlock All” option, which activates all blocked items.

In terms of page loading speed via the mobile Internet (Huawei 3G modem, LifeCell mobile operator, coverage is terrible), Yandex Browser has outperformed its competitors. With interactive elements disabled, pages of social networks, portals, and services loaded almost instantly.

In the “Turbo” mode, it was possible to bypass the blocking of individual blocked sites, but you can’t fool us. The service calculated the location of the computer the first time, but did not notice the “Turbo” mode.

In terms of loading speed of sites in “Turbo” mode on a slow Internet, “Yandex Browser” surpassed everyone, Opera showed its class in providing access to blocked sites, although the site did not see Opera Turbo, and Chrome with its “Traffic Saving” add-on did a good job of reducing the weight of downloaded pages. Other closest competitors - Firefox and Vivaldi - did not have anything similar, except for third-party applications. Does the enhanced “anti-spyware” “Tracking Protection” in Firefox work according to a similar scheme, but only in “Incognito” mode, so it’s too early to call it a full-fledged analogue.

The “Turbo” mode is a necessary thing, only each browser works differently and you need to choose a browser according to your needs: speed up (Yandex), save (Google Chrome) or access blocked sites (Opera).

Opera mini was one of the first browsers to introduce the Turbo function. Having realized the importance and promise of the option, it has migrated to almost all modern browsers, including Yandex.Browser.

Turbo mode is a free built-in feature that does not require the installation of separate extensions or software. It is worth noting that, contrary to popular belief, This mode does not allow you to bypass site blocking, for what reason - it will become clear from the detailed description of the mechanism of operation.

What is turbo mode in Yandex Browser

When browsing the Internet, all information is downloaded immediately to your computer, consuming a certain amount of traffic.

With low Internet speeds, the download process takes quite a long time. Turbo mode in Yandex Browser helps reduce the amount of traffic consumed, proportionally reducing page loading time.

Pages loaded via the https protocol are not compressed, but are sent to the user “as is”. Almost all popular sites operate on this protocol, including ours.

When making a request to the server on which the page being loaded is located, Yandex Browser sends all the data to its servers for compression, and then to your PC. The compression ratio reaches 70%.

Page code, scripts, video and photo materials are compressed, reducing their quality accordingly.

How to enable turbo mode

Enabling turbo in Yandex Browser occurs by pressing one button, regardless of whether you are in a regular window or.

1. Click on the icon with three horizontal lines in the upper right corner and select “Enable turbo”.

Reload the active browser tab and continue working in Turbo mode.

2. The second method is even simpler. Click on the padlock icon in the address bar.

Move the slider to the On position.

In the same window, you can view information about the amount of traffic saved.

Full time job

You can enable Turbo permanently, eliminating the need to turn it on all the time.

1. Go to your browser settings.

2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the item marked in the screenshot.

You can safely browse the Internet pages further - the browser is already compressing traffic.

Automatic switching on

In situations where the speed of the Internet connection is not stable and can vary from 100 kb/s to 10 mb/s, use the function of automatically turning on the turbo mode.

Why watch photos in poor quality with high Internet speed? When the speed drops to 128 kb/s, Yandex Browser will automatically begin to compress traffic, and when the speed reaches 512 kb/s, it will turn off compression itself. A very convenient feature.

To activate automatic activation, go to settings and select the appropriate item.

On Android phones

When installing a Yandex browser from Google Play, turbo is already enabled in automatic mode by default.

In order to save mobile traffic, you can make it work constantly.

1. Open your browser and go to settings.

2. Go to the marked section and select the required operating mode.

How to turn off turbo mode

Turning it off directly depends on the method of turning it on.

1. Open the settings window and click “Turn off turbo”.

The mode will be disabled until the next time you start the browser.

2. To completely disable it, in the browser settings, select the item marked in the figure.

Conclusion

Turbo mode in the Yandex browser is an effective, free feature that allows users to save traffic by significantly reducing page loading time and the amount of information transferred.

Over time, the function will become less relevant, thanks to the systematic installation of SSL certificates on websites.