Google has addressed Chrome’s oldest problems with two new memory-saving and power-saving features on the desktop version of the browser
Finally, Google Chrome on the desktop is more efficient with your system’s RAM as well as your battery. Two new features have been introduced in the latest version of Chrome: Memory Saver and Energy Saver. Both are designed to make your web browsing experience smoother.
Similar to the sleeping tabs found in Microsoft Edge, Memory Saver in Chrome can free up your computer’s memory from inactive tabs for a faster browsing experience. This is for cases where you have a lot of tabs full of open media that you plan to come back to at a later time. Memory Saver will efficiently freeze these tabs and put them in an inactive state, then reload them when needed. You’ll know when the memory saver is on, as you’ll see a notification of it in the address bar, and an option to turn it off manually. Google will give you a visual indication of how much KB of memory you have saved.
As for Energy Saver, now, when your laptop or MacBook drops below 20%, Chrome will adjust web pages to help save precious battery life. It will limit background activity, as well as some website visual effects, such as animations or video clips. There will be a visual indicator in Chrome’s menu bar to save power when it’s on. It’s a small paper icon that you can click on at any time. This is another feature that’s been in Microsoft Edge for a long time, so now Google is working on catching up and helping make Chrome better to be less power-hungry.
Google says you’ll have complete control over both of these new options. You will be able to find it under the three dots menu in Chrome. And if you like, you can exempt websites from the memory saver. Update Chrome today by going to the three dots menu, and selecting Chrome helps and then About Google Chrome to download the latest version. You will then be asked to restart.
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