Opera on Thursday announced a dedicated power-saving mode in the developer version of its Web browser. Tests showed it extended laptop battery life by up to 50 percent against Google Chrome, the company said. The browser will suggest that users enable the power-saving mode when their laptop battery has 20 percent of capacity left. Clicking on the battery icon after a laptop is disconnected from its power cable activates it. “To some degree, this is about allowing savvy browser power users to kick the tires,” analyst Al Hilwa said.
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Opera Browser Sips Laptop Juice Rather Than Slurping
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 13, 2016 11:31 AMOpera on Thursday announced a dedicated power-saving mode in the developer version of its Web browser. Tests showed it extended laptop battery life by up to 50 percent against Google Chrome, the company said. The browser will suggest that users enable the power-saving mode when their laptop battery has 20 percent of capacity left. Clicking on the battery icon after a laptop is disconnected from its power cable activates it. “To some degree, this is about allowing savvy browser power users to kick the tires,” analyst Al Hilwa said.