The Reader mode in the Chrome app is known as the simplified view. It removes unwanted design elements and advertisements from the text-heavy site and converts it into a plain, readable format.
You can toggle the button in the Accessibility settings menu to make reader mode available across the pages.
In this guide, we have shared the steps to enable reading mode in the Google Chrome browser.
On this page, watch a video guide next or jump to read:
Watch the Video Tutorial
You can watch this screen recorded guide or skip to continue reading the written instructions.
Enable Reader Simplified Mode
Enabling the simplified view is simple and easy. Just enable the check box that shows a simplified view option under the accessibility settings page. Here are the steps to do so:
- Launch the Chrome app for Android.
- Tap on the More
menu for options. - Select the Settings menu from the available list.
- Scroll down and tap on the Accessibility menu.
- Enable the toggle button against the Simplified view for web pages.
- Open any website or news article in Chrome for Android.
- Tap on the bar at the bottom saying Show simplified view.
The article or new page will automatically load in the reader’s view.
Suppose you want to change the appearance, like background color, font type, text size zooming, etc. Tap on the More menu in simplified view mode and select the Appearance menu that leads to the customizations.
The simplified view or reader mode can be best used on a news website bombarded with stupid popups and irrelevant ads.
Disable the Reader Mode
The show simplified view options will pop up on every good website that can be enabled for the reader’s view.
It becomes annoying sometimes and also takes up little space. Hence, you can always stop the reader’s view bar in Chrome Android. Here are the steps to disable it:
- Launch the Chrome app for Android.
- Tap on the More menu icon for options.
- Select the Settings menu from the available list.
- Scroll down and tap on the Accessibility menu.
- Disable the check box against the Simplified view for web pages.
It will disable the browser from showing a View in the simplified mode bar and won’t load the page in reader mode.
Bottom Line
Reader mode is beneficial and makes browsing less painful on the mobile browser. You can read long-form content without strain on your eyes. It also eliminates useless popups and ad banners that distract reading.
Lastly, if you've any thoughts or feedback, then feel free to drop in below comment box. You can also report the outdated information.
