How does Chrome perform multithreaded downloads?

Chrome is the most popular web browser in the world, but that doesn’t mean it is perfect. At least as far as the download experience is concerned, Chrome is no different from IE ten years ago-both are single-threaded downloads, and the download list is messy. It is very troublesome to find things that have been downloaded before. How to do? Today I will tell you about the solution.

▲ The download experience of Chrome is indeed not good

How does Chrome perform multithreaded downloads

Chrome uses single-threaded download by default, but in fact Chrome can support multi-threaded download, but the switch is hidden deeply.

First, we need to open the experimental feature page of Chrome. Enter the following fields in the address bar:

Chrome://flags

Then press the Enter key, you can see the experimental features of Chrome. Search for “downloading” in the search bar and you will see an option for “Parallel download”, which means multi-threaded downloading. This option is turned off in the “Default” position by default. Change it to “enable” to enable Chrome’s multi-threaded download support.

▲ Find Parallel downloading

▲ Turn it on

Compared with the default single-threaded download, multiple threads can simultaneously establish multiple connections to resources and initiate multiple download requests . After the transmission channel is increased, the download speed will naturally be faster.

How Chrome classifies downloads

At present, Chrome’s download list is a mixture of all content. It is very troublesome to find a certain downloaded file. In fact, this problem can be solved with the help of an extension called “Recently Downloaded”.

Recently downloaded: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recent-download/abmbeknhkchhaalbjkbehhfbibcmogbe

The use of this extension is very simple. After installation, click its button and you will see a refreshed download list. In this list, the download content is divided into categories, listed according to the categories of files, pictures, etc., which is naturally much easier to find.

▲ Chrome updated download list

to sum up

However, despite the solutions mentioned above, Chrome itself is still not an excellent downloader. If you want to download BT, eMule, etc., you have to be smart. In any case, if you want to improve the download experience of Chrome, try the solution mentioned above!