Google today detailed a new improvement in Chrome that results in a faster browsing experience. Available now in the browser’s beta channel, Chrome reschedules JavaScript timers to create a ...

Chrome JavaScript timer throttling: Google's tests show it saves up to 2 hours' battery life Chrome will soon throttle JavaScript timers in the background, so the browser uses significantly less ...

Google Chrome engineers are working on a throttling system that would impose a limitation on the number of JavaScript (timers) operations that unfocused background tabs can perform.

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.

According to Google engineers, Chrome 57 will temporarily delay a background tab's JavaScript timers if that tab is using more than 1% of a CPU core.

Many sites, particularly news sites and social networks, use Javascript timers to update web page content. While that might be OK in some contexts, some have abused the capability, using up more ...

The change in Javascript timer wake-ups should apply to all the major versions of Chrome including Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android.