Google launches lighter version search results pages in India

BANGALORE: Google on Thursday launched a lighter version of its search results pages in India, where Internet speed is among the lowest in the world.

"Now, we will automatically check to see if a user has a slow wireless connection and deliver a fast loading version of Search," Bharat Mediratta, Distinguished Software Engineer - Google wrote in a blogpost.

According to the 'State of the Internet' report by Akamai, India has one of the lowest broadband Internet penetration in the world. However, adoption rate is picking up.

"We find that India’s broadband adoption rate has grown over 5x since the second quarter of 2012 (two years), and over 10x since the second quarter of 201," said Akamai.