Switching to Edge Lifted Laptop Battery Life 15%-20% Over Chrome
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Updated · MUO - MakeUseOf · Jul 5
Switching to Edge Lifted Laptop Battery Life 15%-20% Over Chrome
2 articles · Updated · MUO - MakeUseOf · Jul 5
Summary
A switch from Chrome to Microsoft Edge extended the author's laptop battery life by 15%-20%, with gains appearing consistently over several weeks rather than in a one-off test.
Edge delivered the improvement largely through more aggressive tab sleeping and energy-saving controls; Microsoft says sleeping tabs can cut memory use by up to 87% and CPU use by 99%.
Resource controls also helped: on a 24GB RAM laptop, the author capped Edge at 15GB, while Chrome offered no comparable memory limit and typically ran at higher RAM usage.
Windows integration added another advantage, with Edge automatically shifting to maximum power saving under Battery Saver and exposing tab-level processes more clearly in Task Manager.
Extra tweaks such as removing power-hungry extensions and disabling Startup Boost pushed the total battery-life improvement to about 20%.