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Google Chrome 87 Rolling out with Performance Improvements, Tab Search, and More

Nov. 18, 2020

According to Google,Chrome 87 starts up to 25 percent fasterand loads pages up to 7 percent faster. The company is also claiming that the browser now uses less power and RAM than before, which is good news for anyone using Chrome browser.

To achieve this, the browser nowprioritizes active tabsover other background tabs. Behind the scenes, the company is throttling JavaScript timer wake-ups in background tabs to once per minute. Based on internal testing results, the CPU usage gets reduced by up to 5x and it extends battery life up to 1.25 hours. However, the changewon’t affect high-priority tasks like playing musicand receiving notifications.

Building on its previous efforts to enhance the tabs experience such as tab pinning andtab grouping,Chrome 87 now lets you search tabs. You can easily see a list of your open tabs and type to find the one you’re looking for. According to Google, the feature iscoming first to Chromebooks, followed by other desktop platforms soon.Image: Google

To help users do more from the address bar, Google has launched Chrome Actions. The feature, initially available on desktop, lets you take quick actions such as deleting history or editing passwords right from the address bar. To access these actions, all you have to do is type relevant keywords. Take a look at the supported commands below:

Asspottedbefore, Google is adding cards on the new tab page to show you recently-visited and related content on the web. It will primarily show cooking and shopping-related content, but Google clarifies these are free product listings and not ads.Image: Google

Alongside all these changes, Google is also improving Chrome on Android by adding support for back/forward cache. With this addition, Google says switching backward and forward during navigation will become at least 20 percent faster.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.