Google Chrome 45 Less Memory-Intensive

The latest iteration of Google’s Chrome browser, version 45, will conserve battery power and memory, dramatically improving the overall experience











The Google Chrome blog announced a number of improvements in its new browser, Chrome 45, which will require less power and memory to operate. The battery, power and memory-saving features basically eliminate any unnecessary programs and tasks to ensure fast loading of webpages, while not compromising on the computer system’s speed either.

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is utilizing its garbage dump collection technique to get rid of unused memory, ensuring that webpages not busy with other tasks are moved to the background. Additionally, the memory-saving technique ensures that the browser uses 10% less memory on average.

According to Google, complex web apps such as Gmail see a dramatic decline. In a YouTubevideo posted by Google’s Product Manager and Performance Promoter, Ryan Schoen, it was shown how the memory used by the browser and GPU processes was halved, while Gmail’s used-memory went down 25%.

Some new features will also allow users to reload tabs closed accidentally or intentionally, and allow them to continue where they left off. Chrome will restore tabs more efficiently by loading the most-recently viewed ones first. This loads the important tabs first, and if the computer is low on memory, the browser automatically stops loading the rest. They can still be restored for later access.

A different power-conservation method was already being utilized, as a recent update indicates. Google disabled the Flash media feature that automatically played video content on the browser window in the background. The once-popular online video player by Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) had become taxing on most browsers, and is slowly being phased out. Google now says that removing the auto-play feature ensures that batteries last as much as 15% longer, which may vary with the type of operating system used.

Google will ensure that the new feature is now the default setting for all Chrome users, with all the latest features set to be built into Chrome 45. Though this update did not confirm whether Chrome for Mac will receive special attention to resolve specific issues Chrome has on the Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Macs, recent reports suggested that the longstanding Chrome-Mac issue will be resolved soon. It has to be noted that Chrome’s version 46 is still in beta mode.

The new updates that are rolling out with Chrome 45 should help address most of the issues. The browser started out as one of the fastest, almost marking Internet Explorer’s demise. The update is also likely to overcome the issues of “complex web apps” to once again make Chrome the ultra-fast browser we all know and love.