Google Chrome for Windows and macOS has become more efficient in its version 108. With new memory saving and power saving features, browser finally solves problems with constant high resource consumption. Along with this version, they also made improvements to the internal search engine for bookmarks, tabs, and history.
According to Google’s comments on their website, when activating the save memory option Chrome is capable of “using up to 30% less RAM”.“. In addition, you will see an icon in the search bar, which, when touched, will show how many KB of memory have been freed from other tabs.
In the meantime, the power saving option allows Chrome to use less power. By enabling this feature, Chrome limits some aspects of your experience. Among them is activity in the background and some visual effects – animation, smoothness when scrolling and the number of frames per second in videos.
This last feature can be activated in several ways.. One of them is to always have it enabled. The other two options allow you to configure whether you want it to activate when your computer has 20% battery or less; or when it is disconnected from the current.
How to activate power saver and memory saver in Google Chrome
Activating these new features is quite simple. Google has created a special section in the Chrome settings menu. Follow these steps.
- In Google Chrome go to Parameter by clicking on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner.
- Now looking for a new one Performance in the left sidebar of options.
- It is in this section that you will find Energy saving D memory saving. In addition, you can customize the experience with the additional options that each offers.
The Performance section is available to all users of Google Chrome version 108. If you already have it but can’t find this feature, don’t worry. In a few days he should already appear; remember this deployment of this type can take weeks.
If it still doesn’t show up, there is an option you can try. Entering these commands in the search bar you can activate them and they will immediately appear in your settings menu. Done, you can start testing Google Chrome improvements.
chrome://flags/#battery-saver-mode-available
chrome://flags/#high-efficiency-mode-available
To find out which version of Google Chrome you have, tap the three dots and go to the Help section. Here, to Google Chrome information. You will be able to see the version and, if it is not up to date, do so directly.
Source: Hiper Textual
