Microsoft’s Project Reunion effort unlocks a potentially huge memory-use reduction for Google Chrome and Edge.
Google’s Chrome browser has a reputation for being a memory hog. But thanks to changes in Windows 10 version 2004, the May 2020 Update, both Chrome and Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser will use a lot less memory.
Microsoft has announced major memory-use reductions in its Chromium-based Edge browser on Windows 10 2004 that appear to come from its recently announced Project Reunion, a new API that attempts to unify Win32 and the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.
“Early internal testing results of devices on the May 2020 Update are showing a memory-use reduction of up to 27% when browsing with Microsoft Edge,” said Kim Denny, a principal PM manager for Microsoft Edge, in a blogpost.
He notes that memory-use reduction depends on each device, its configuration and usage, but whatever the exact reduction, lower memory use should lead to a better experience for Edge users on Windows 10 2004, argues Denny.
