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A fast smartphone will only go so far toward improving browser load times if the connection isn't there to back it up. If a discovery within a recent build of [Chrome for Android](http://www.engadget.com/tag/Chrome,Android/) is any hint, Google may have its own solution to that bottleneck. New code flags reference Google-run proxy servers that would squeeze pages using [SPDY](http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/02/google-proposes-spdy-replacement/), improving performance at least slightly for the bandwidth-deprived. While there's not much more to go on, the finding is enough to suggest that roughly equivalent boosters like [Amazon Silk](http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/amazon-silk-mobile-browser-spins-a-faster-mobile-web-courtesy-o/) and [Opera Turbo](http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/12/opera-11-10-launched-with-companys-most-expensive-ad-ever/) could have a real fight on their hands. We'd advise caution when the flags are only accessible by running an ADB command -- they're clearly not ready for prime time. Should Google flick the switch on compression for Chrome's main release track, though, Android users may not need a third-party browser to sip the web through a thin straw.
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Internet](http://www.engadget.com/category/internet/), [Software](http://www.engadget.com/category/software/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/), [Google](http://www.engadget.com/category/google/)
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**Via:** [François Beaufort (Google+)](https://plus.google.com/100132233764003563318/posts/afpgxPnAU6R)
**Source:** [Chromium.org](http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=git/chromium.git;a=commitdiff;h=8e2af9e174e1791cce56d1fa9fa3151f1dd5768e)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/04/chrome-for-android-test-build-may-have-a-proxy-based-speed-boost/
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