Download enhancements
Beyond Chromium’s built-in downloads, Turbo adds parallel acceleration, handoff to external download managers, and one-click image saving. Configure everything under Settings → Downloads (or open chrome://settings/downloads).
Parallel download acceleration
Open Settings → Downloads and confirm Enable parallel download acceleration (on by default).
- Speeds up large-file downloads
- If a site misbehaves (failed downloads, checksum issues), turn it off temporarily and retry
Download tool (Xunlei / IDM)
On the same settings page, choose who handles downloads:
| Option | Notes |
|---|---|
| Built-in browser | Turbo’s own downloader |
| Xunlei | Hand off to Xunlei |
| IDM | Hand off to Internet Download Manager |
If the selected app is missing, downloads fall back to the browser with a toast so tasks do not fail silently.
Alt + left-click quick-save images (Beta)
Hold Alt (macOS: Option) and left-click an image on the page to save it to a chosen folder.
- Toggle and set the save location under Settings → Downloads
- Toast and fly-in thumbnail feedback after saving
- See Shortcuts for the hotkey summary
See also
- Practical tips → Network & downloads — system / custom proxy
- Shortcuts — Alt + left-click quick-save
- Quick Start → Parallel downloads
- Features → UI & productivity
- Download — get the Turbo installer (different from this page)