Turbo mode in Yandex is paid or not. How to enable Turbo mode in Yandex

Hello! I am with you again, Alexey. Today we will talk about how to enable turbo mode in a Yandex browser, touch on the topic of speeding up page loading in other Internet browsers on desktop (desktop from "desktop computer" - eng.) And mobile devices.

How the turbo mode works

The turbo mode, which saves traffic and contributes to faster page loading, is advisable to turn on when the Internet speed is weak and its connection to the browser is slow. On a laptop, stationary PC, tablet or smartphone, the user often encounters a similar problem. To understand what makes your browser work faster, you need to understand what "control levers" the turbo mode has for this.

So, in the Yandex browser, it compresses the content of the page you are loading even at the server level of content exchange, regardless of whether it has a text, graphic, video or audio format. Only then is the compressed content transmitted to your browser. Video (for example, advertising content of third-party sites or video), like some other elements of the page, is in the status of "non-downloadable content". Instead of the information in the expected format, you can see the so-called "stub":

To see hidden content, just click in the placeholder field. Nothing complicated, as you can see, but at the same time the traffic is significantly (up to 70%!) Saved and the page itself is loaded many times faster. On a tablet (phone / laptop), a turbo browser can distort or significantly reduce the picture quality due to data compression. If you are not satisfied with the compressed video, you need to uncheck the "Compress video" option in the acceleration mode settings.

If anyone is interested, I would add that this is a product developed by Opera Software, based on the Opera Turbo technology. It should also be said that pages with HTTPS protocol protection are "indifferent" to turbo mode, since they are displayed in the browser bypassing Yandex servers.

Let's summarize and list in what situations the turbo mode will be effective and useful for the user and his device:

• Working on a slow or congested network;
• On a phone with an "accelerated" browser, you don't have to worry about the limit provided by the tariff plan, its consumption will be significantly reduced;
• Staying in roaming (with a "biting" schedule) Turbo will save you money;
• On a laptop, working with an overloaded Wi-Fi access point in a cafe is problematic, since the influx of visitors (and Internet users) there can be great. Enabling the browser acceleration mode will significantly reduce the download of web content to your device.

How to enable turbo mode

Let's now put your Yandex Browser into acceleration mode together, and you will see how simple it is. In the upper right corner of the browser, find the "Settings" icon, presented in the form of an icon of three horizontal stripes and click on it once with the left mouse button. After that you will see the settings menu, where one of the items will be "Enable turbo":

Now notice how the icons "sitting" on the right side of your browser's address bar have changed. As you can see, a blue rocket symbol appeared there:

This means that the mode is active. In the absence of this icon, respectively, it is disabled.

How to turn off turbo mode

Disabling it is as easy as enabling it. Click with the mouse (left button) on the familiar "Settings" icon and select the "Add-ons" menu item:

After opening the directory of extensions, find the "Turbo" add-on in the menu. As you can see, to the right of it there are three buttons - "Auto", as well as simply "Classics of the genre" - "On" and "Off". Press the "Off" button and the turbo mode will stop working.

Now we should talk a little about the settings of this mode, because it is important and useful to know about it. Pay attention to the picture above - we have opened the "Add-ons" menu. Nearby is the "Settings" menu button, click it, the opportunity to "fine-tune" the mode will open:

Please note that here you can set some settings for the acceleration function - allow it to work in auto mode, manually enable / disable it. You can also adjust notifications about the baud rate, enable / disable video compression. On android devices, as well as on Windows devices, it is possible to configure the acceleration mode, however, the path to the desired settings menu is slightly different.

If everything is very clear with the "on" and "off" buttons, then the principle of automatic activation is based on the maximum minimum (not less than 128 Kbps) and maximum (not more than 512 Kbps) Internet connection speed threshold. If the speed falls below the minimum limit, the mode is enabled, but if the maximum connection threshold is exceeded, it is disabled. The user cannot change the limit value of the thresholds themselves. If you click on the rocket icon in the address bar, the extension will reveal to you the secret of saving traffic while the function was enabled:

I recommend using the automatic browser accelerator more often, as it has proven to work correctly in practice. By the way, it is easier to get to its settings on a laptop than on a mobile device or tablet - for these devices, the issue of the functioning of such extensions in auto mode is especially relevant.

Data Saver as an analogue of turbo mode

It has been several years since Google developers managed to develop a way to reduce the speed of loading web-content for their browser on Android and mobile devices. Today we are offered to compress the desktop using the same proxy technology implemented in the Data Saver program ("Traffic Acceleration" - in the Russian version) If the product was originally intended for Google Chrome, now it can be installed in any browser and on any device ...

The principle of operation and tasks of Data Saver are similar to those in Turbo mode for Yandex browser or Opera, with the only difference that data compression occurs on Chrome servers. Exactly the same "indifference" to the accelerator is noted here in the pages of private sites and HTTPS-protected protocols.

Google chrome, when accelerating, may ignore the location of some images, transfer them unclearly, not load the internal pages of some resources. The manufacturer honestly warns users about this and should be given credit for it. You can download the Data Saver extension absolutely free by using the download button:

Download Data Saver

On devices with a cellular connection or a weak Wi-Fi signal, the Data Saver extension can be especially useful than on a PC or laptop, as a rule, working with a more powerful Internet connection. But for users of these devices, the add-on will be interesting by the implementation of plotting the "weight" of sites and demonstrating the reduction of their weight by specific percentages.

The add-on in the process does not need to periodically reload the browser. Its icon can be found to the right of the address bar in your browser. It looks like lightning on a blue background, enclosed in a circle:

To activate the extension, click on its icon, the background around it will turn gray and an information window will appear:

Here you can see the traffic graph, its consumption and savings (in MB), the buttons "What is this?" and "More".

Quick turn on Data Saver using hotkeys

The user can assign hotkeys for enabling / disabling this extension independently. Go to the menu " Settings» → « Supplements"And at the very bottom of the page, click on the line" Keyboard shortcuts for extensions»:

A list of extensions installed in your browser will open in the window, select the required add-on, and assign it a combination of "hot keys". To complete and save the operation, click below the button " OK»:

Enabling Turbo Mode on Android

In order to enable the acceleration mode in Yandex Browser for Android, you need to go to the settings. Find the item responsible for the turbo mode there, enter and turn it on.

1. Go to Yandex Browser →;
2. responsible for the acceleration mode;
3. turbo mode.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated here. Well, that's all. What follows is the conclusion of this post, where I will summarize.

Conclusion

Dear reader! So our review of Turbo mode in Yandex Browser has come to an end, in which we figured out what function it performs, how it works and how to install it on a desktop and mobile device. Hope I helped in solving your problem. That's all for me. See you!

Today "Yandex" (browser) is among the most popular web browsers. High speed of loading pages (if necessary, you can turn on the "Turbo" mode), useful built-in plugins, user-friendly interface and attractive design - this is a brief characteristic of this browser.

If you are a novice user, then we can recommend choosing the Yandex web browser for your journey across the Internet. Of course, some "users" will object and advise you to work at Google Chrome. But here, as they say, the taste and color ...

So, after reading the material in this article, you will learn how to enable the "Turbo" mode and configure it. However, you should start by installing the Yandex browser.

How do I download and install a web browser?

In order to download Yandex (browser) to your computer, go to the developer's official website and click the Download button. In this case, the system will independently determine your OS.

Open the folder with the installation file and run it. A small window will appear where you will be offered to make Yandex the default web browser and send statistics on the use of the program (anonymously). If you wish, you can mark these options with checkboxes. Otherwise, just click on the "Get Started" button.

That's all! The browser from the Yandex search engine has been successfully installed on your computer. Now you can customize it by selecting the appropriate section in the menu, and also enable the "Turbo" mode to test it. However, it's best to first understand how this tool works. This will be discussed further.

How it works?

So, the main function of this mode is to save traffic, which is very useful for users who have not yet connected unlimited Internet. The principle of operation is based on transferring data to the Yandex server, where the information is compressed and submitted to a web browser in a lighter form.

In other words, if you enable the "Turbo" mode, then some (heavy) site elements will not load. Conduct an experiment: activate "Turbo" and go, for example, to the video hosting "YouTube". Have you noticed that instead of the video there is a kind of stub? You can remove it by clicking the "Show Content" button.

Thus, when visiting various Internet resources, on the pages of which there are "voluminous" videos, the content will be blocked. Of course, if you are not satisfied with this course of events, you can simply deactivate the "Turbo" mode. But keep in mind, if you have a slow internet connection, this will not be the best solution.

Turbo mode in Yandex: how to enable and configure it

Have you realized that you really need the technology in question? Then let's run it, which will allow the web page to load much faster.

Open the Yandex web browser and access its menu. You are interested in the "Supplements" section. Here all plugins are divided into categories, you need the "Tools" block. This is where the "Turbo" mode is located.

To turn it on, drag the toggle switch to the "ON" position. As a result, this add-on will function continuously. If you set the toggle switch to the "Auto" position, the browser automatically activates the "Turbo" mode when the need arises.

As you can see, everything is extremely simple. This is why this browser has been recommended for beginners.

Conclusion

So, when you understand the principle of this technology, you have the opportunity to turn on the "Turbo" mode and evaluate its merits in practice. Of course, if your Internet speed is high enough, then there is no need to use the mode.

However, if you decide to save traffic, then activate this option and use the capabilities of "Turbo".

Despite the fact that Internet providers provide their users with a sufficiently high Internet connection speed, sometimes users have problems and they cannot load certain sites, or they load very slowly. This can happen for different reasons, and the measures to solve this problem can be different.

The most common problem is that sites are too "heavy" and the existing internet speed is simply not enough to quickly display content. A browser with the "Turbo" mode can help in this particular case.

What it is

What is turbo mode. This is a pre-installed Internet browser option from Yandex. In the active state, before the website is loaded onto the end user's computer, it is “run” through certain servers in Yandex, where all content is optimized and compressed to the maximum by special algorithms. This happens in a split second, and as a result, a person receives an optimized and "lightweight" version of the resource he needs. This mode will be useful for those who have weak hardware, who have problems with the Internet connection or limited traffic.

Turning on

In order to figure out how to turn on the turbo mode in the Yandex browser, you must, of course, download the Yandex browser. Next, install it on your device to go online.

There are two ways to activate this option:

Method 1 (using the mode enable button)

This is a new option, and it is the fastest and most convenient. It appeared in the latest versions of the Yandex browser, making it easier to access this option. In order to activate this option, you need:

1. Open a web browser;
2. Click on the menu icon;
3. In the drop-down box, select "Enable turbo".

If everything went well, then the active mode button in the form of a rocket will appear in the address bar of our browser. If you click on this icon, you can view basic information on this option (how long it works in time, the amount of traffic saved), as well as enable / disable additional security properties for this program:

Method 2 (via settings)

The second method is longer. To enable the option, you must:

1. We open the menu.
2. Go to the "Settings" item (or follow the direct link browser: // settings).
3. In the window that opens, we find the "Turbo" section.
4. We select the necessary settings.

Auto mode

As stated above, when the acceleration option is activated, Yandex compresses the content to load it quickly, but the downloaded videos, music, pictures lose quality. In order not to constantly track the speed of the Internet and not enable / disable, the developers have taken care of automatically changing the options for the Internet browser.

If you check the box next to the item "Automatically enable on slow connection" in the settings, the browser itself will monitor the moments of long loading and will enable / disable acceleration if necessary.

How to disable "Turbo"

If this option has lost its relevance, or for some reason it was initially activated on devices with normal Internet access, you can turn off the turbo mode in the Yandex browser. The procedure is carried out exactly "vice versa":

1. Click on the "Menu" icon of the browser;
2. We select "Turn off turbo".

Or, through the settings in the "Turbo" section, put a tick in front of the "off" item.

That's actually all the "wisdom" of activating the turbo mode. And now, if you are trying to download something, and it takes a long time - download a completely free browser with Yandex turbo mode, enable this option and enjoy your favorite sites without "hang-ups".

Our apps drastically reduce the amount of web content you download. You get the same photos, videos, and text as usual, but you use less bandwidth and pages load faster.

Thanks to the saving mode on your phone, you can stop worrying about your tariff limits for longer. And while in roaming, you can significantly save money.

Turn on Turbo mode on your laptop in a cafe where the Wi-Fi hotspot is overloaded due to the influx of visitors - and you don't have to wait for pages to load.

Traffic saving modes are available in the following applications:

Turbo mode for computers

When you turn on turbo mode in congested or slow networks, pages open much faster.

How it works?

The pages you visit go through one of our servers. The server determines which page elements can be compressed and downsamples the images, as well as adjusts the video buffering. These smaller items are then sent to your device.

How about privacy?

We take your privacy very seriously, no matter how you use our products.

Depending on which Opera product you are using, connections to secure websites are either made directly without turbo compression, or through our turbo servers.

With most of our products, if you have turned on Turbo mode and are using a secure website such as email or Internet banking, our servers do not interfere with the process: your data is sent directly between your device and the website. While watching a video, we may instruct the website to change the bitrate of the content transmitted to your device, but we do not see the content itself.

When you turn on traffic saver in Opera Mini for Android or Opera for Android, our servers connect to secure websites and your device securely connects to our servers. From our servers, the device always receives information about whether it is possible to establish a secure connection with this site. This is necessary solely to compress all content (including protected content) arriving on your device. Your privacy continues to be respected.

In order to improve our services, we collect some information: your IP address and user agent, the addresses of the pages you visit, and timestamps. When visiting secure websites, we only log the hostname and port number instead of the full address. This information can be stored with us for up to six months.

Yandex Browser is a completely new web browser, presented in 2012 at the technology conference Yet another Conference.

New browser from Yandex

Let's talk about the features of the program. What to choose for Windows 7, 10, for Android or another operating system - free Yandex, Chrome, Opera or Mozilla Firefox? How is it different from other internet guides? Let's note some advantages.

Functions:

• Data sync... This is really an advantage. Thanks to the reliable operation of a special Yandex server, where all your browser settings are stored, it is possible to easily transfer all information for a tablet to a computer or vice versa. Thus, when switching to any other device where you need an Internet browser, you will save all your passwords, you will even have access to the history of visited pages. Synchronization also provides transfer of settings.
• Turbo Mode... Since November 2012, a special Turbo technology has been available, thanks to which accelerated work with HTTP is possible at low speed of communication channels. You can download Yandex Browser for free on our website right now. Spend just a few minutes and you will feel the high quality of the program immediately.
• Quick links... If you have visited a website you do not know, you can count on the help of your browser to navigate through a new resource for you. The program understands which sections of the site are in priority and displays them in the address bar so that you can quickly navigate to them. This can be information about delivery or payment, for example.
• Favorite sites. Choose the sites that you can go to in one click on your own! In addition, tabs are also conveniently located in the scoreboard - from one to fifteen. Make it easy for yourself to visit the resources you regularly visit.
• Translation from 14 languages... You can instantly translate entire pages of text. And if you are interested in a specific word while reading the page, hover over it and press Shift - the translation of the word will appear in front of you.
• Change background... You can change the background image easily and as much as you like.
• Safety... Deserves special praise. New technologies in the field of anti-spam and anti-virus attacks, in conjunction with the achievements of the Laboratory, ensured the highest level of security. When loading and viewing pages, they are instantly checked for the presence of malicious elements. Thus, there is no risk of infecting the computer via the network.

Turbo mode in Yandex Browser

High speed of work is one of the primary advantages. Even with a slow Internet connection and with a large number of tabs open, you can turn on Turbo mode and speed up the page loading process. If the speed does not exceed 128 Kbps, it turns on automatically. You will see an icon in the right corner of the address bar. At 512 Kbps and above, the icon disappears. When this mode is enabled, heavy page elements are not loaded and are blocked by a stub. If you want to view the content, just click on it!

We suggest you download a new browser from Yandex in Russian, and we want to draw your attention - we are talking about downloading without registration and SMS. Everything is extremely simple in the Free Software catalog!