Google Chrome is often slandered as a kind of resource pig, which means that tends to absorb more energy in mobile devices like laptops. But A new experimental brand in the next version of Chrome could help reduce browser battery consumption and extend the life of your laptop by up to two hours.
The feature was ffirst discovered by TheWindowsClub. meIt seems that in Chrome 86, Google is testing a new function that limits the activation of the Javascript timer.Background website ups as low as once per minute. This is something that Apple already does in Safari. AAfter reviewing the data showing that users aren’t really benefiting from Chrome tracking changes on background websites more than once per minute, by reducing the frequency of Javascript activation,Oops, Google hopes to cut Chrome’s battery drain.
On a broad level, this change makes perfect sense: A lot of javascript wake-ups are for things like checking the current design of a website, the management of crawlers or the response to advertising calls. But more importantly, in a white paper from a Google test seen by TheWindowsClub, Google found that by limiting Javascript wake-up to once per minute, Google was able to extend the battery life of a laptop with 36 open tabs in the background by 28%“Or just two hours of real time.”
But Google did not stop there. meI didn’t run another test with 36 background tabs running behind aYouTube video screen and I found that even with a video playing in the foreground, which limits the activation of Javascriptups extended laptop battery life by 13% —For a real—Global boost of more than half an hour.
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In the current version of Chrome (85) the problem is that when a webthe page executes a Javascript wake-, you can make each background tab activatecheckup, which is almost certainly excessive in most situations. So in the future, Google will space Javascript wake-make calls in Chrome at longer intervals to help reduce battery consumption.
The change in the Javascript wake-up timerUpdates should apply to all major versions of Chrome, including Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android. Chrome 86 is is expected to be official sometime this autumn.
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