Mobile View is a Chrome extension designed to help users preview both desktop and mobile layouts of any website simultaneously. By overlaying a real phone or tablet frame directly on top of the current web page, it enables side-by-side comparison of desktop and mobile-adaptive designs in real time, without the need for browser DevTools or manual window resizing. This tool is intended for a broad audience, including developers who need to check responsive layouts at actual device sizes, designers seeking to preview work in true device frames and create mockups, and anyone curious about how a page appears on mobile devices.
Key features of Mobile View include the ability to display up to five device frames at once, allowing users to compare desktop views with several phones and tablets on a single screen. Device frames can be rotated, scaled, and dragged, and users can capture clean, framed screenshots for design purposes. The extension supports synced scrolling, so navigating in one frame is mirrored across others, and it offers a focus mode for distraction-free viewing. Additional capabilities include full MP4 and WebM screen recording, keyboard shortcuts, and the preservation of settings across browser tabs. Users can also choose between light and dark themes, and the extension is available in over 50 languages.
Mobile View operates entirely within the user's browser, ensuring that no data ever leaves the local environment. It is available for free via the Chrome Web Store. The extension is suitable for anyone who wants a quick and accurate way to see how web pages render on both desktop and multiple mobile devices, streamlining the process of responsive design and layout testing.
In the Browser DevTools & extensions space, Mobile View takes a focused approach. It focuses on previewing and comparing website layouts on desktop and mobile devices without switching tools or resizing windows. Mobile View is a B2B product aimed at web developers. The product is available for free. The product ships for the web.
It is developed by Mobile View, and the product first shipped in 2023. Among its 8 catalogued features are device frame overlay, synced scrolling, and screenshot capture. The interface is available in English and Russian.
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