Google CrUX Report Update Targets LCP & Network Delays
Google Chrome’s latest CrUX update delivers granular LCP and RTT insights. This can help with optimizing page speed and user experience.
Google Chrome has released its latest Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX).
This update zeroes in on individual components of page speed, offering fresh data on largest contentful paint (LCP) image subparts and real-world network conditions (RTT).
For SEO professionals, this means you’ll have a better understanding of what needs improvement.
Key Updates to CrUX Report
Speed and user experience are known to impact search visibility, and Google’s latest CrUX update breaks down site performance barriers with greater detail:
Granular LCP Details New “image subparts” let you pinpoint what’s slowing down your largest image element.
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With Time to First Byte, Resource Load Delay, Resource Load Duration, and Element Render Delay all in one mix, you can see if your bottleneck is server lag, render delays, or even how late the browser finds your image.
RTT Over ECT Rather than lumping user connections into outdated “3G/4G” bins, Google’s new round trip time (RTT) tri-bins highlight the true speed of your audience’s networks.
Identifying high-latency segments can guide you toward optimizing for users in specific regions or network conditions.
BigQuery & CrUX Vis Updates SEO professionals can access updated BigQuery datasets, which include more granular RTT information and broader coverage for metrics like Interaction to Next Paint (INP).
Additionally, the CrUX Vis tool (cruxvis.withgoogle.com) now shows everything from streamlined LCP subparts to country-level RTT stats, ideal for spotting speed issues at a glance.
Better Data Coverage, More Competitive Edge By retiring the Effective Connection Type (ECT) dimension, Google can report richer data for a broader range of sites.
The latest CrUX update provides new data and identifies where your page may fail visitors, potentially harming your rankings. This can help you fix issues quickly, potentially improving site performance and visibility.