Edge: Explained: What is Microsoft Edge’s sleeping tab tool – Times of India

Microsoft plans to take on its rivals by introducing a new update for its corner browser. A new tool will help microsoft edge To become one of the most efficient browsers available to the users. The tech giant is testing a new update for sleeping tabs Tools on Microsoft Edge browser that promise to save huge amount of RAM. Microsoft has posted a tweet from its official Age Dev The account that reveals the browser’s Sleeping Tabs tool is capable of saving 273 petabytes to hit In just 28 days.
What is Microsoft Edge’s Sleeping Tabs Tool?
The company introduced the Sleeping Tabs tool for its Edge browser in 2020. In 2021, the tool received a significant update that allowed Edge users to opt for tabs to go to sleep after just a minute of inactivity. Initially, the device began to save resources after two hours of inactivity, the update reduced the time to 60 seconds.
how will it work
The Edge browser will deactivate tabs when users haven’t used them for a while, and then wakes them up as soon as they are clicked.
How will it help users
Microsoft claims on average that this feature helps reduce memory usage by up to 85 percent. The tech giant also claims that Sleeping Tabs will reduce the CPU usage of the browser by almost 99%.
The company will also allow users to check the specific amount of memory saved by the tool. Users will be able to find this information in the Performance section of the “Settings and more” option.
Can it help Microsoft get more users
The tech giant hopes the tool will help get users back to Microsoft Edge after the numbers have remained stable in recent months. A StatCounter report suggested that Microsoft Edge has “either lost or failed to capture market share” over the past few months.
The report also mentioned that Edge claims a 3.99% share of the market (on both desktop and mobile platforms), which is estimated to be around 200 million users. On the other hand, Google Chrome is dominated by 64.95% of the market and Apple Safari 19.01% are users. However, Edge has a slightly larger share than Mozilla Firefox which is 3.26%.