Throttling

The network monitor allows you to throttle your network speed to emulate various connection speeds so you can see how your app will behave under different connection types.

Throttling

The toolbar includes a Throttling dropdown, which allows you to throttle your network speed to emulate various different network speed conditions. Choose an option from the menu, and it will persist across reloads.

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The characteristics emulated are:

  • Download speed

  • Upload speed

  • Minimum latency

The table below lists the numbers associated with each network type, but please do not rely on this feature for exact performance measurements; it’s intended to give an approximate idea of the user experience in different conditions. The speeds are expressed in multiples of bits per second.

Selection

Download speed

Upload speed

Minimum latency

GPRS

50 Kbps

20 Kbps

500

Regular 2G

250 Kbps

50 Kbps

300

Good 2G

450 Kbps

150 Kbps

150

Regular 3G

750 Kbps

250 Kbps

100

Good 3G

1.5 Mbps

750 Kbps

40

Regular 4G/LTE

4 Mbps

3 Mbps

20

DSL

2 Mbps

1 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

30 Mbps

15 Mbps

2

Offline

0 Mbps

0 Mbps

5

Network Monitor Features

The following articles cover different aspects of using the network monitor: