# Introducing Smart Prefetching

DevFeed: [Introducing Smart Prefetching](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-smart-prefetching-3397.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nuxt.com/blog/introducing-smart-prefetching>)

Published: 2019-01-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [The Nuxt Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-nuxt-blog.md>)

Topics: [Nuxt.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nuxt.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [v2-4-0](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/v2-4-0.md>)

## AI overview

Nuxt v2.4.0 introduces smart prefetching, automatically loading code-split pages linked with nuxt-link when they become visible in the viewport. The feature is intended to improve end-user performance.

## Source excerpt

Starting from Nuxt v2.4.0, Nuxt will automagically prefetch the code-split pages linked with a nuxt-link when visible in the viewport by default.