You can use the Internet on your smartphone or tablet, among other things, with the Chrome browser. You know, the internet program that you can also use on the computer.
Chrome on mobile devices
Chrome is Google’s internet browser. The company has a version of this browser for a computer. That has been the most used browser in the Netherlands for a number of years. But you can also use Chrome on a smartphone or tablet. The Chrome app is standard on devices with the Android operating system. It can also be installed on the iPhone and iPad.
Visit website
The main purpose of an internet browser is to visit websites. Open a site as follows:
- Open the Chrome app.
- Tap the address bar at the top.
- The keyboard becomes active. Remove any existing text first by tapping the cross on the right side of the address bar.
- It will say ‘Search or type a web address’. Type the address of the website you want to visit, for example ‘www.seniorweb.nl’ (without the quotes).
- On the keyboard, tap go.
The website opens.
Search the internet
The address bar in Chrome also works as a search bar.
- In the Chrome app, tap the address bar.
- Enter a search term.
- Search suggestions appear as you type. Is the correct term in between? Then tap that. Isn’t that the case? Then type in the search term and tap on the keyboard go.
- Show Google search results. Tap a search result to go to its website.
Open new tab
You can leave a webpage you are viewing open while you are also visiting another website. To do this, open a new tab.
- Tap the three gray dots icon at the bottom (iOS) or next to the address bar (Android).
- Tap on New tab.
- A new tab opens. At the bottom (iOS) or next to the address bar (Android), the number changes in the square. This number indicates how many tabs are open. In a new tab, looking up a website is the same as with the first tab.
- Tap the number square icon to switch between the different open tabs.
Close tab
Ready with a website? Then close the tab again.
- Tap the number square icon.
- In a tab’s thumbnail, tap the cross to close the tab.
- Close all tabs at once? Tap in the bottom left of iOS Close all. For an Android device, tap the icon with the three dots and then tap Close all tabs.