We are preparing a function to test line speed simply by searching "Google speed check"

Each company has released services that can easily measure the net line speed in order to distinguish whether the speed of the net line is the cause or the cause of the content service itself when the contents can not be used comfortably. Google plans to have a function to check downlink / uplink and latency (delay) of the line just by searching "check internet speed" (check internet speed) on Google search newly.

Test your Internet speed - Web Search Help
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6283840

In order to obtain a comfortable user experience, not only the structure of the contents themselves but also the line speed of the Internet becomes important. For this reason, content providers are increasingly preparing tools for checking the line speed independently, for example Netflix is ​​"Fast.comWe are releasing a net service that allows you to easily check the line speed.

Meanwhile, Google reports that it is preparing tools to check net line speed independently.Dr. Pete MeyersAccording to Mr., it is said that it is developing a service that can easily check the speed of the net line simply by searching "check internet speed" Google. However, at the time of writing the article, the function was not yet activated.

Looks like Google is testing their own internet speed test (query = "check internet speed") - not seeing it live -Pic.twitter.com/wjsPIlEbFv

- Dr. Pete Meyers (@ dr_pete)June 27, 2016

GoogleMeasurement Lab(M-Lab) in collaboration with the development of measurement tool for net line. It seems that Google will return the speed from the server that M - Lab is putting around the world as Google returns the speed. When the test is executed, the IP address of the line is collected by M-Lab, but other personal information is not shared.


According to Google, three things that can be measured are download speed, upload speed, and latency. The larger the download speed and upload speed is, the more comfortable it is, and the smaller the latency, the better it is the comfortable net environment. Since the communication capacity necessary for one test is 9.4 MB in the USA and 4.4 MB in the non-US region, even if you are using a mobile line, it seems that it will not consume so much communication capacity .