Chrome will soon throttle JavaScript timers in the background, so the browser uses significantly less power.

Google is tweaking its Chrome browser to make it faster and less battery-intensive – and soon it will start throttling background CPU-heavy tabs.

Google is reportedly experimenting with new features in Chrome, tacking in JavaScript throttling as a way to improve battery life. That’s based on a feature discovered in the latest test builds ...

Google Chrome's going to throttle background tabs in the quest for longer laptop battery life.

How does this work? “Quick intensive throttling” in Chrome stops background pages from loading JavaScript elements after 10 seconds, down from the previous limit of five minutes. Google explains: ...