Bidding on a rare Pokémon card or perhaps a pair of limited-edition sneakers? Maybe you're monitoring your favorite team's score, the stock market, or some breaking news. There are many situations where we find ourselves constantly refreshing a web page to stay up to date. No web browser natively offers an auto-refresh feature. But many developers have risen to the occasion and created browser extensions that can automatically refresh a web page. In this article, we'll show you how to automatically refresh Google Chrome.
How to update Google Chrome automatically
While you can easily refresh a page on Chrome by clicking on Ctrl + R keys together or symbol circular arrow It would be more convenient if web browsers automatically updated specific pages for us. Surprisingly, there are many auto-refresh extensions available for Google Chrome Each one is more promising and feature-rich than the other. We'll walk you through setting up one of these extensions, but you can use this procedure to install and set up other extensions, as the installation process is the same for almost all extensions.
Step 1: Install the extension
1. in Google Chrome browser , tap on three dots icon , Then select More Tools > Extensions from the list.
2. Click on Three horizontal lines icon To open the menu, if it is hidden.
3. Click Open Chrome Web Store In the menu on the left side.
Note: Alternatively, you can open the Chrome Web Store directly from this. Link.
4. Write Auto update plus in the search box and press Enter keyA comprehensive list of . Auto-update extensionsBrowse the list, compare reviews, and click on any extension that looks promising to you.
Note: For the purpose of this tutorial, we will be installing Auto Refresh Plus Page Monitor Extension by autorefresh.io.
5. After selecting the extension, click the button. Add to Chrome To install the extension.
6. Click add extension to follow.
Once the extension is installed, it will open Home / Settings Page It will automatically open in a new tab, and you can close it.
Step 2: Configure the extension
You'll need to configure the extension before enabling it. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click on Extensions icon Which is like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle.
2. Here, select Auto Refresh Plus Page Monitor Extension.
3. Select any of the predefined auto-refresh intervals or set one manually. You can also instruct the extension to randomly refresh the web page within a specified time frame.
4. You can Extension configuration Perform constant or light refreshes and limit the number of times a web page refreshes if you're on a limited data plan. This is sufficient for most users, but feel free to explore the Countdown and Page Monitor tabs.
Note: For hard updates, all images will be reloaded instead of fetching them from cached data.
5. Once you are happy with the settings, click the button. "Start" To activate the extension
6. If you're enabling the extension for the first time, a pop-up message will appear at the top of the application window asking for permission to read and change data on all websites. Click Allow to launch the extension.
Once the extension is activated, a countdown timer will be displayed below its icon indicating the time remaining until the next page refresh.
Note: If you want to stop auto-refreshing at any time, select the Auto Refresh Plus Page Monitor extension icon in the toolbar and click the Stop button.
Two popular and reliable alternatives to Auto Refresh Plus are:
Auto-update extensions aren't limited to Google Chrome. Here are other extensions available for other browsers:
- to me Firefox , install Tab Auto Refresh by Alex
- for the program Opera , install tab reloader
- As for Microsoft Edge , install Automatic update in the Edge Add-on Store
Note: In Internet Explorer, the option to auto-refresh web pages can be found deep within the security settings such as Allow definition update although users cannot specify update intervals.
We hope this guide helps you update Google Chrome automatically. Let us know if you'd like to read similar articles covering other useful extensions to improve your overall web browsing experience. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave them below in the comments section.
