The next iteration of the Chrome browser may be better at handling background tabs, thus increasing battery life. The Windows Club notes that Chrome 86 has an experimental feature that will reduce power consumption by limiting how often idle processes…
The next iteration of the Chrome browser may be better at handling background tabs, thus increasing battery life. The Windows Club notes that Chrome 86 has an experimental feature that will reduce power consumption by limiting how often idle processes can perform Javascript wakeups.
Currently, wakeups are done less than five seconds apart for each open tab. Some of these functions are simply not necessary when the user is not actively viewing the webpage. Processes like checking scroll position, ad interaction, or log reporting don’t need to happen if the tab is not active. So Chrome 86 will reduce Javascript timers to one minute in idle tabs.
