Google Chrome memory and power saving modes available to everyone

Google Chrome officially welcomes memory and energy saving modes. Your computer should be less busy daily.

In the 14 years since the launch of Google Chrome on the market, the American giant’s web browser has become a huge consumer of resources. Version after version, the memory and battery of the devices were used more and more, without any real desire for optimization, it seems. Today, Mountain View is finally doing its best to reduce the load on your computer. With the release of Chrome 110 for Windows, macOS, and Chrome OS, the company is introducing power saving and memory modes.

Google Chrome officially welcomes power saving and memory modes

Both of these features, announced by Google last December, are enabled by default. You can turn them off in the “Performance”section of Chrome’s settings.

Memory Saver freezes inactive tabs to free up RAM for other pages and apps. When you click on a frozen tab, you can continue exactly where you left off. As Android Police clarifies, the speedometer-shaped icon shows that the tab was inactive and is now active. It is possible to put certain sites into an exception with the “Always keep these sites active”option. According to Google, this feature can limit memory usage by up to 30%. And if not, you can just close the tabs you don’t use!

Your computer should be less busy daily

On the other hand, the power saver might start to limit background activity, video refresh rates, and other animation effects when you’re using Chrome on your laptop and the battery level drops below 20%. You can also set the function to work as soon as you disconnect the charger, which will increase its effectiveness. When power saving is enabled, you’ll see a leaf icon next to the address bar, and essentially less visuals on the active tab.