Google Chrome is about to get less power and memory hungry (Update: Roll out)

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• Google is implementing two new features that will help save battery and memory.
• The two features are rolling out for Chrome on desktop.
• The update will hit globally for Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS over the next several weeks.

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Update: February 20, 2023: Chrome’s new battery-saving and memory-saving features are starting to roll out globally today, according to Android Police. The two optimization features will come to Chrome 110 on desktops for Mac, Windows, and Chromebooks. Both battery saver and memory saver will be enabled by default, but can be disabled by going to the Performance tab in system settings.

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Original article: December 8, 2022: It’s no secret, despite how much you may like using Chrome over other browsers, that it is a power- and memory-hungry machine. But Google is fixing that problem with an update that will bring two new optimization features.

via Android Authority https://www.androidauthority.com