As such, it could open a PDF file as long as the %PDF-header started within the first 1024 bytes of the file. There’s, however, a change in the scheme of things now.

Turn off PDF downloads. Open the Chrome menu. Click on Settings. ... It’s likely that you have another application, such as Adobe Reader, is set to open PDF files automatically.

Browse the web as normal using Chrome on your Android phone and tap a PDF link if you see one. The PDF will instantly appear in the browser.

Files by Google has rolled out a new PDF viewer after previously relying ... Open with, Move to trash ... Previously, your actions were just: Find, Save to Drive, Send file, Download ...

The process is very easy if you’d like to download your document from Google Docs. Moreover, you can choose in which format you want to download your document: a pdf, .docx, .doc, .rtf, .odt, .txt, ...

I was able to quickly open and scroll through a 56 page PDF file with no issue, and Chrome’s built-in search feature even let me find text in the file. Currently, Chrome can't open PDF files inline.