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.

Chrome Proactive tab freeze experiment


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.

 

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