Chrome is trying to fix its awful memory usage on macOS.
A new version is reportedly using up to 8% less memory and scoring 65% better on Apple's Energy Impact score.
Chrome is trying to improve the impact of its browser on the memory of your Mac in macOS Big Sur and beyond and says users can expect big improvements with its latest version.
Boosting performance while adding features, functionality, and improving security, requires deep and continuous investment. Today's post is the first in a series this year that will go into more technical detail about Chrome's ongoing efforts around performance. In this release, we've dug deep into the core of Chrome, upgrading how we allocate and discard memory, and even how we build, package, and run Chrome, to make today's Chrome even faster and more memory efficient.