Google is testing memory reducing Tab Freeze functionality in Chrome

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Google Chrome automatically discards unused tabs after a certain period of time when the memory is low, the Chromium team is now testing another variation for this. Freezing of eligible tabs that have been backgrounded for 5 minutes, the company offers this for checking behind the “Tab Freeze” flag in Chrome 79 Canary.

Now the new “Proactive Tab freeze” feature can be enabled by visiting chrome://flags, you need to search for “free” to find it. The flag, apart from offering Enabled option, gives two other options:

• Enabled Freeze -No Unfreeze
• Enabled Freeze -Unfreeze 10 seconds every 15 minutes.
• If you select Enabled, tabs after 5 minutes of inactivity will be frozen.
• If you select the third option, frozen tabs won’t unfreeze.
• If you select the fourth option, frozen tabs get unfroze for 10 seconds every 15 minutes.

Chrome 79: Google tests Tab Freeze feature

Google Chrome automatically discards unused tabs after a certain period of time when the memory is low, the Chromium team is now testing another variation for this. Freezing of eligible tabs that have been backgrounded for 5 minutes, the company offers this for checking behind the “Tab Freeze”...

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