Google Chrome: how to activate performance mode in the popular browser?

In its beginnings, Chrome It stood out from other browsers for its speed and simple interface, however, times change and many users often complain that this browser consumes a lot of resources such as memory and energy.

And it is that the virtual server company Cloudzy analyzed in 2022 how much exactly this browser consumed and found that with 10 tabs open, Chrome consumes just over 1,000 MB of RAM. That is why, in response to the needs of users, Google launched a new performance mode function at the end of the previous year.

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To activate this function you must Access the Chrome settings and select the “Performance” section or section. In this you will find two categories, “Memory Saver” and “Power Saver”.

When the first one is activated “Chrome frees up memory from inactive tabs. This gives more compute resources to active tabs and other apps, and keeps it running fast”, indicates the company.

For its part, the second is activated by default and its own name describes its objective: to save energy. Chrome will achieve this limiting background activity and reducing visual effects. Unlike the other one, this one allows the user to decide when it will be activated. You can choose to activate it when the battery reaches 20 percent or when your computer is disconnected from power.

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What to do if I can’t find the performance mode in Google Chrome?

If you can’t find Power saving mode turned on in Chrome, your computer may not be using battery power, which means Chrome doesn’t need to turn on this specific featureor Chrome doesn’t recognize your PC or Mac as a laptop, so it doesn’t automatically enable power saving mode.

In versions prior to 114, even if Power Saving Mode is not in plain sight, it is still possible to enable it through Chrome’s hidden features. To activate hidden power saving mode, the first thing you need to do is write in Google Chrome “chrome://flags” in the address bar of the browser.

You will then need to search for “battery mode” in the search field of hidden functions. A hidden function called “Enable the battery saver mode feature in the settings”. Click on the dropdown menu to the right of this function and select the “Enabled” option. Finally, close and reopen Google Chrome to find the energy saving mode in the settings, specifically in the Settings path, then Performance and finally Battery.

GDA / Time / Juan David Cano Lopera / Colombia

Source: Elcomercio

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