Google Chrome Might Be More Battery-Friendly Thanks to its New Feature

Teejay Boris, Tech Times 11 July 2022, 01:07 am

Google Chrome might be a bit more battery-friendly as the web browser tests out a new feature that essentially lessens the CPU use by roughly 10 percent.

The new "Quick Intensive Throttling" feature on the Chrome browser should help crucially extend the battery life of both smartphones and laptops.

Google Chrome Might Be More Battery-Friendly Thanks to its New Feature — Here’s How it Works

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For the longest time, Chrome users have been clamoring for Google to make their web browser a little less aggressive on the batteries of their devices.

Batteries of laptops and mobile devices have increasingly increased these days. Not to mention that devices these days have started to also adopt ultra fast-charging technologies to make juicing up batteries last for only a couple of minutes.

But despite all that, having an extended battery life is still a huge dilemma for most as going online has been an integral part of our daily life.

And as such, phone, tablet, and laptop users would welcome it if browsers like Chrome would consume less of their precious batteries.

Thankfully, the renowned tech giant behind Chrome, Google, is continuously working to make its web browser achieve its fullest battery efficiency. It should help its users get the most from their mobile devices in return.

In fact, as per a news story by Bleeping Computer, Google recently introduced a battery-saving feature on its browser, aptly named "Intensive Wake Up Throttling.

The online news outlet notes that the new features on Chrome version 87 essentially stop JavaScript from waking up a browser tab over a single instance in a minute. But only if that tab has been hidden for more than five minutes already.

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And this time around, the tech giant is testing another additional feature on its popular browser, known as the "Quick Intensive Timer Throttling."

Google Chrome Quick Intensive Throttling: How it Works

According to the latest report by About Chromebooks, the new Chrome feature seeks to boost battery life by further limiting or throttling its CPU usage.

A new document explains that the new Quick Intensive Throttling feature aligns "the timer wake-ups to the 1-minute interval after a grace period of 5 minutes."

The document went on to share the technicalities of the new feature. It says that "the 5 minutes timeout is very conservative and was chosen to allow a launch of Intensive Wake Up Throttling with minimal regression risk."

Essentially, the new feature limits the timeout by about 10 seconds. But this only applies to tabs that have been considered loaded already after being hidden.

Meanwhile, Bleeping Computer notes this is only available in the latest version of Chrome Canary and its Dev version.

Once the new Google Chrome Quick Intensive Throttling feature is enables, this should make the web browser consume less CPU, and, in turn, save more battery, allowing its users to get the most out of their mobile devices, such as as smartphones and tablets, as well as their laptops.

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Written by Teejay Boris