Back/Forward Cache demo in Chrome 87
Channel: Addy Osmani
Date: 2020-11-17

How many times have you visited a website and clicked a link to go to another page, only to realize it's not what you wanted and click the back button? On mobile devices, this happens a lot: 1 in 5 navigations are a back/forward navigation. 

This is where a back/forward cache shines! It’s a browser optimization which enables instant back and forward navigations. In Chrome 87, our back/forward cache will make 20% of those back/forward navigations instant, with plans to increase this to 50% through further improvements and developer outreach in the near future.