How to Activate Google Chrome’s Power Saving Mode Even if It’s Hidden

Google Chrome received public recognition because was lighter than Internet Explorer and had a minimalist design. Times are changing and the Google browser has become memory and battery hungry giant. Users have complained many times and it seems that we have finally been heard. From now on you will find power saving mode in Chrome.

The announcement appeared at the end of last year. Google Browser was about to include a new feature for save memory and another one for manage energy saving in Chrome. Two important aspects, if we take into account that many of us use laptops instead of desktop computers. The announcement promised two things: that Chrome will use 40% less memory. And that Chrome’s power saving mode will activate when the battery is below 20%.

Today we can already use in Google Chrome memory saving mode. This is not exactly what we were taught a year ago. But you can find it relatively easily if you go to the menu Parameter and enter a new section called Performance. There you will find a function called memory saving. Click on the appropriate button to launch it. As the function itself explains, “when you activate it, Chrome frees memory from inactive tabs.” Optionally, you can create a list of web pages to which memory savings will not be applied.

Turn on power saving mode in Chrome

If you are here, then you are looking for Power saving mode from google chrome. At the time of writing these lines, it is already implemented in the stable version of this web browser. In my case it is 114. If you are going to Settings > Performance you will find an option Battery under Performance.

It is already enabled by default. The function itself explains how it works. “Chromium save battery life by limiting background activity and visual effectssuch as smooth scrolling and video frame rate.” Its work is automated, so you don’t have to do anything.

The only thing you can do in Chrome’s power saving mode is decide when to activate. You can ask to activate it when the battery is 20%. Which option is checked by default. Or you can activate it when the computer is powered off. You decide.

What to do if the save mode is hidden

If you can’t find Chrome’s enabled power saving mode, it could be for two reasons. The most obvious is related to your team do not use the battery. It may also happen that Chrome does not recognize your PC or Mac as a laptop. Although the problem may be that your version of Chrome has not yet integrated the power saving mode. For example, versions up to 114.

In these previous versions, although it is not visible to the naked eye, you can activate the power saving mode via hidden features of chrome. They are present in all variants of Google Chrome. Both desktop for Windows, macOS and Linux, and mobile for iOS and/or Android. They serve to add improvements in Chrome that are still being tested. Once they’ve gone through all the Google controls, they’ll become activated by default.

So the first thing we’re going to do is enable power saving mode this is hidden For this you will need to open this link in Google Chrome or enter this chrome://flags in the address bar.

The next step is to find battery mode in the search box. The hidden function is called Turn on the power saving feature in the settings. Click on the dropdown menu on the right and leave the checkbox checked. included. You will have to close and reopen Google Chrome to find the power saving mode in Settings > Performance > Battery.