Google is testing a feature in Chrome that can extend device battery life

Google is testing a new feature in the Canary and Dev versions of Chrome that can extend device battery life, according to the tech giant. The feature affects pages running in the background.

The ‘quick intensive throttling’ function should prevent background pages from consuming excessive battery life. Now, pages loading in the background in Chrome are slowed down after five minutes. With the new feature, the JavaScript timers are already limited after ten seconds.

Google expects that this can extend the battery life of devices. The battery life extension will generally apply when multiple tabs are opened at once and the page relies heavily on JavaScript.

Quick intensive throttling is currently only available in the developer versions of Chrome. It is unknown when the feature will be available in the public version of the browser.