Google recently rolled out Chrome 110 with a few optimizations designed to boost performance and battery life on Apple silicon Macs and Intel-based models. The Chrome browser should no longer be such a battery hog on MacBooks.

What to do? Update your copy of Chrome for Mac, then check out the new Memory and Energy Saver modes in the Performance settings.Ĭhrome should now drain your MacBook battery slower.

Why care? Google says Chrome 110 lets you watch YouTube or browse the web longer on a single charge, but it wouldn’t reveal stats prior to the update.

What’s happening? Google’s Chrome browser should now let you squeeze more battery life out of MacBooks while browsing the web or watching YouTube videos.

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Google is making claims that its Chrome browser is no longer a notorious battery hog on MacBooks Image: / Unsplash (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.Chrome on the M2 MacBook Pro now delivers 18 hours of YouTube or 17 hours of web surfing, but Google hasn’t provided battery life figures before the update. Meanwhile, last month, the tech giant had rolled out the Memory and Energy Saver modes for Chrome on Mac, Windows, Linux as well as Chromebooks. The company earlier didn't provide any figures, so it is not possible to directly compare the battery life of the device before and after this upgrade, the report said.

In tests, a MacBook Pro 13 (M2, 2022) was able to browse the web for 17 hours and play YouTube videos for 18 hours.Īccording to Francois Doray, a software developer for Chrome, these optimisations will also be applied to Windows, Linux, and Android devices in coming Chrome releases.

With improved systems like memory compression and JavaScript timers, MacBook users can now browse the web via Chrome and can watch YouTube videos for a longer period of time, reports The Verge. Tech giant Google has announced various updates to its Chrome web browser that will increase the battery life on MacBooks, extending the usage users can get from a single charge.

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