Google Chrome users are likely aware of the huge amounts of memory that Chrome takes up — especially with multiple tabs open. Thankfully, Google is working to fix this, releasing Chrome 45, which promises to make the browser a little more memory-friendly.
Google is doing this through two specific features that work behind the scenes to make sure that the Internet browser isn't taking up more memory than necessary.
The first feature changes how Chrome restores tabs after the browser has been rebooted. This will be important for users who have the browser set to automatically open recent tabs or most-visited pages every time they go to their browser. Chrome 45 will open the most recently viewed tabs first — using this as a way to tell which tabs are most important for the user.
If the tab restoration process is taking up too much memory, Chrome will stop loading the less important tabs. Users can, of course, ask Chrome to keep loading them if this is an issue.
Chrome has also added a new feature that will detect when the browser isn't loading new data, after which it will use this downtime to clear out memory that isn't being used. This process is called garbage collection, and Google says it could reduce memory usage for a single web page by 10 percent. More complex pages, such as Gmail, could see a 25 percent reduction in memory use, compared with other versions of Chrome.
Chrome 45 also adds a number of other features — the most important being the auto-pause feature for Flash videos that are not essential to the user's experience. For those that don't already have this feature, it should be rolling out over the next few weeks.
Via: PCWorld
