If you are a Google Chrome user and spend a lot of time online on your laptop, this tutorial will help you increase the battery life on your laptop or MacBook activating resource optimization options, Battery Saver Mode & High Efficiency Mode for Chrome.
It's no secret that every tab opened in the Google Chrome browser on the laptop will consume RAM or memory resources CPU, which contributes to lower battery life and lower performance. The same thing happens on PC if you have many tabs open in Google Chrome. Especially if they contain web pages loaded with scripts and multimedia content.
Battery Saver Mode / High Efficiency Mode there are two options that you can activate to optimize the performance of your laptop or PC. Google Chrome will consume fewer RAM resources and leave more resources available to applications and the operating system.
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Battery Saver Mode & High Efficiency Mode for Chrome
Here's how you can activate the two modes. Battery Saver Mode for the laptop and the option High Efficiency Mode for laptop and PC.
Battery Saver Mode - What is it and how is it activated?
Function Battery Saver Mode tries to optimize open tabs in Google Chrome to save as much laptop battery as possible. It will disable background processes, animations on open web pages and will no longer play video content automatically.
Battery Saver Mode it can be activated permanently when the laptop is not connected to the outlet, or when the battery charge level drops below 20%.
You can activate Battery Saver Mode from Chrome → Settings → Performance → Power → Energy Saver.
If you do not find the options "Performance” in Google Chrome Settings, copy the address below into the browser and activate "Enable the battery saver mode feature in the settings", then come back in Settings → Performance.
chrome://flags/#battery-saver-mode-available
Once activated, the option indicating the Energy Saver status will appear in the Google Chrome bar, together with the button for deactivation.
Energy Saver is an option that will significantly increase the autonomy of the laptop battery when you surf the Internet.
High Efficiency Mode - What it is and how to activate it in Google Chrome
High Efficiency Mode or Memory Saver is a performance enhancement option for both laptop and PC. Once this option is activated in Google Chrome, the open tabs will stop running processes in the background and will become active if they are not open for a while.
After reopening the tab, it will be active again.
This option is useful for both PC and laptop, being a good method of performance optimization.
To set how long a tab should become inactive, type the following address in the address bar of Google Chrome:
chrome://flags/#high-efficiency-mode-available
When a tab has become inactive and you return to reopen it, the notification "Tab Active Again" will be present in the address bar of Google Chrome.
Battery Saver Mode si High Efficiency Mode in Chrome there are two very useful options when you have other applications running on your PC for which you need all the hardware resources.
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