Browse the web with Google Chrome on Windows 10 and Windows 11 now faster than ever before with new enhancements.
Both Microsoft and Google are trying to reduce the priority of background tabs by restricting JavaScript. So far, efforts have paid off CPU usage, GPU and Chromium-based browser memory and there is more memory, CPU and GPU for the tabs in the foreground you are currently using.
As mentioned, Google's solution was limited to background tabs. The company in the past did not focus on the use of background windows or windows that were minimized to the taskbar or moved off-screen. These windows were treated as background tabs, Chrome was much better.
Based on this feature, Google began preparing a project called "Native Window Occlusion" to reduce the use of background tabs that are not visible to the user.
Google has been preparing this project for more than three years as it tackled various compatibility issues with multi-screen settings, virtual desktops, etc.
"The occlusion thread tells Windows that it wants to know about the various Windows events. The UI thread tells Windows that it wants to know when there are significant status changes, e.g. turning off or locking the screen ”, he says Google on its blog.
According to Google, Chrome is now up to 25,8% faster on startup and has seen a 3,1% reduction in GPU memory usage. Similarly, Google reported 20,4% fewer performance frames while performance errors were reduced by 4,5%.
Chrome now saves resources for more important windows running in the foreground, and these changes ultimately help reduce startup time and first-contentful paint.
Google observed a 3,0% improvement in the delay of the first appearance of one page elements and 6,7% in the color content.
