Google fixes Chromes biggest problem and it could boost your laptops battery life

Date:
Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:22:27 +0000

Description:
Laptops and Chromebooks may get a battery life boost with the latest version of Google Chrome.

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Google Chrome might be the most popular web browser in the world, but its far from perfect, especially when it comes to gobbling up your systems memory. However, with Chrome 110, which is now rolling out to desktop users, that
will all hopefully change.

If you use Chrome to browse the web and considering its huge popularity, its very likely you do then you might have noticed that after a while, it starts taking up a large amount of your PCs RAM especially if you have lots of tabs open at once.

This can have an impact on how well your device runs, and if youre using a laptop, it can also mean your battery drains more quickly as well.

As Android Police reports , the Memory Saver feature, which was first
revealed back in December 2022, is included in the latest Chrome update. It works by identifying tabs that are not being used and removes them from
memory effectively snoozing the tabs until you click on an inactive tab, which will then wake it up and reload it.

If there are certain websites that you never want to be classed as inactive, even if youre not currently on the tab itself, then you can add them to a
list that will always keep them active. This is handy if you pause a video on YouTube, go to another tab, then return to the YouTube tab. By preventing it from being snoozed then reloaded, you wont lose your place.

Another feature, called Energy Saver, is also included. This limits
background activity and reduces visual effects, such as smooth scrolling or website animations, and can also reduce video frame rates. Doing so could
help prolong the battery life of the laptop or Chromebook youre using Chrome on.

Because this feature can have a big impact on the overall quality of your web browsing experience, you wont want this on all the time (or at all, if youre using a desktop PC). The good news is that you can select to have Energy
Saver only turn on when your battery is lower than 20%, or only when the laptop is unplugged. Dont get complacent, Google

These tweaks are very welcome. Once youve updated to Chrome 110, you should
be able to see them in the Performance tab in Chromes settings. If youre on a desktop PC, the Energy Saver feature will be hidden.

If you cant find the new features, type the following into the address bar of Chrome, and make sure they are set to Enabled: chrome://flags/#high-efficiency-mode-available

Were always pleased to see Google improve Chrome. Due to it being so dominant in the web browser market, theres always the worry that Google could get complacent, and not feel to concerned about addressing peoples complaints
with Chrome.

However, while Chrome remains the most-used browser, Google still needs to be careful. Microsofts Edge browser is slowly but surely gaining market share thanks to its switch to the same Chromium engine that Chrome uses , which makes switching to the browser a lot easier, and the highly-publicized inclusion of the ChatGPT AI chatbot .

Chromes propensity for hogging RAM has also started to affect its reputation, so Google is right to address it. Time will tell if these new features help.

Chrome users on Windows PCs, Chromebooks, Macs and MacBooks will be able to use these features, but theres no news about when or if these features will come to Andoid and iOS.



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