CrUX Vis: how Google shows what your users actually feel
Published on 2025-11-19
Introduction: why “lab” metrics aren’t everything
“Lighthouse shows 100/100, but users complain about lag” — a familiar pain?
Synthetic tests (Lighthouse, WebPageTest) are great for development.
But the real user is sitting:
- on 3G in the subway,
- with 27 tabs open,
- on an old Android with 2 GB RAM.
These are exactly the scenarios captured by CrUX — the Chrome User Experience Report.
And CrUX Vis is a convenient and free visualizer of that data, launched in 2024.
CrUX Vis doesn’t replace the existing CrUX Dashboard (in Looker Studio); it complements it by offering a faster and more focused interface for analyzing individual URLs or domains.
What is CrUX Vis?
CrUX Vis is a web interface for analyzing data from the Chrome User Experience Report, which collects anonymized metrics from billions of real Chrome user sessions.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Data source | Chrome (desktop + mobile) |
| Update | Weekly |
| Period | 28-day rolling window |
| Levels of analysis | Origin and URL |
| Access | https://cruxvis.withgoogle.com/ — free |
| API | CrUX History API |
What metrics does CrUX Vis show?
CrUX Vis displays the Core Web Vitals + several auxiliary metrics.
| Metric | What it measures | Google threshold (75th percentile) |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | Time to render the main content | ≤ 2.5 s |
| INP | Interface response latency | ≤ 200 ms |
| CLS | Layout shifts | ≤ 0.1 |
| FCP | First contentful paint | ≤ 1.8 s |
| TTFB | Server response time | ≤ 800 ms |
The 75th percentile is key. Google evaluates stability, not the average: 75% of users should fall into “Good”.
CrUX Vis interface: a step-by-step tour
- Go to https://cruxvis.withgoogle.com/
- Enter an origin or URL:
https://example.com
https://example.com/blog/post-1
- Choose device: Desktop / Phone
- Get the dashboard.
What the interface shows:
- 28-day trends,
- share of Good / Needs Improvement / Poor,
- comparison with last week,
- link to PageSpeed Insights,
- Share button for a public link.
Limitations of CrUX Vis
| Limitation | Comment |
|---|---|
| Period only 28 days | For long-term analysis you need the CrUX History API |
| New sites have no data | Requires 1000+ unique users |
| No real-time | Combine with RUM (Sentry, Vercel Analytics) |
| Chrome only | Safari/Firefox are not accounted for |
Alternatives and additions
| Tool | Feature |
|---|---|
| DebugBear | CrUX + Lighthouse + alerts |
| PageSpeed Insights | CrUX + recommendations |
| Web Vitals Extension | local metrics |
| Vercel Analytics | ideal for Next.js |
How to get started right now
- Open CrUX Vis
- Enter your domain
- Add a screenshot to the project dashboard
- Connect the CrUX History API for automation
Conclusion
Don’t optimize your site for Lighthouse. Optimize for people.
CrUX Vis is a simple, fast, and honest look at how a site feels in reality. It’s a tool worth adding to CI/CD, analytics reports, and QA processes.
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