Chrome will soon throttle JavaScript timers in the background, so the browser uses significantly less power. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer July 6, 2020 at 4:08 a.m. PT ...

This, in turn, uses up more power, which is a death sentence to mobile devices and laptops. Starting the latest stable release, version 57, Chrome is putting a cap on background tabs.

The search giant has announced that starting with Chrome 86, it will ship a new feature that limits JavaScript timer wake ups in background web pages. Chrome's new feature will be part of the ...