{"id":511786,"date":"2023-10-18T12:51:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T10:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=511786"},"modified":"2023-10-18T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T10:53:00","slug":"google-testing-chrome-update-to-tackle-ram-killing-tabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/511786-google-testing-chrome-update-to-tackle-ram-killing-tabs.html","title":{"rendered":"Google testing Chrome update to tackle RAM-killing tabs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google is testing a new Chrome feature that will show users vital usage stats to prevent the browser from hogging a lot of RAM, Windows Central reports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The new feature gives users brief RAM usage details when they hover over a tab, making closing unwanted resource-hungry pages easier.<\/p>\n

Users with the latest beta version of Chrome Canary should see these details when they hover their mouse over a specific tab.<\/p>\n

Until now, users had to dig into the Chrome Task Manager to see how much memory each tab consumed.<\/p>\n

The new feature will also notify users when Chrome’s Memory Saver feature freezes a tab to save memory after it has been inactive for an extended period.<\/p>\n

Users can go to Chrome:\/\/flags, search<\/em>\u00a0for the “Show memory usage in hovercards” option, and then use the dropdown to enable it. However, a quick restart may also be required.<\/p>\n

The high resource usage of Google’s Chrome browser, particularly when many tabs are open, has been a major issue for users.<\/p>\n

Google rolled out Memory and Energy Saver modes<\/strong><\/a> to address the issue in a Chrome update released in February 2023.<\/p>\n

The new modes aim to help users free up RAM and reduce strain on their battery life.<\/p>\n

The tech giant says the Memory Saver feature can reduce RAM usage by up to 30%.<\/p>\n

“This is especially useful if you’re running other intensive applications, like editing family videos or playing games,” Google said. “Any inactive tabs will be reloaded when you need them.”<\/p>\n

Energy Saver limits background activity in Chrome by restricting video frame rates and removing animation effects if your PC’s battery drops below 20%. It can also be set to activate when the laptop is unplugged.<\/p>\n

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Now read: OpenAI says new AI image detector will be 99% reliable<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Users will be able to see how much RAM a particular tab is using by hovering their mouse over it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":456995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[52361,167,1137,35,3096],"class_list":["post-511786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-chrome-canary","tag-google","tag-google-chrome","tag-headline","tag-ram"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511800,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511786\/revisions\/511800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}