New "Power Saving Mode" Added to Opera's Browser for Computers, Extending Laptop Battery Life by up to 50%
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on May 12, 2016 at 2:21:02 AM
New "Power Saving Mode" Added to Opera's Browser for Computers, Extending Laptop Battery Life by up to 50%
OLSO, Norway, May 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Opera for computers has become the first major browser to feature a power saving mode
- out today in the developer stream [http://opr.as/btrydev ]. The new mode extends the
laptop battery life by up to 50% compared to earlier versions of the Opera browser and to
Google Chrome.
(Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160511/366370 )
The web browser is among the most used software on the computer. It's the browser that
enables people to work in the cloud, search the web, listen to music and watch videos.
However, having many tabs open simultaneously often results in rapid battery drain that
reduces a laptop's performance.
"It's extremely frustrating to run out of battery on your computer, whether you are
out traveling, watching videos, or you have just left your charger behind. Our new power
saving mode will nudge you when the laptop starts to consume battery, and, when enabled,
it can increase the battery life by as much as 50%," says Krystian Kolondra, SVP of
Engineering for Opera.
Battery saving on Opera for computers is possible thanks to optimizations, such as
reducing activity from background tabs, adapting page-redrawing frequency and tuning
video-playback parameters.
How it works Â
Using the new power saving mode is easy. Once the laptop's power cable is unplugged,
the battery icon will appear next to the search and address field in the Opera browser.
Click the battery icon to activate the power saving mode and flip on the switch. The
browser will also detect when the laptop's battery is running low and will suggest
enabling power saving mode.
Test results Â
In our test, designed to reflect the way people use browsers in real life, the latest
Opera developer version was able to run 3 hours longer than browsers like Google Chrome on
a laptop running Windows 10, 64-bit.
These results are from the test we have done on 11 popular websites. For testing we
used the Selenium WebDriver. Each page was opened in separate tab, without closing
previous ones, and was scrolled 5 times, then left alone for a minute. The test was
repeated until the laptop ran out of battery completely. While testing the battery life
with the power saving mode enabled, the ad blocker was on, too. The machine was Lenovo
X250, Core i7-5600U, 16GB RAM running on Windows 10, 64-bit.
Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160511/366370
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160511/366370
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160511/366370
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Opera Software AS
CONTACT: Contact: Henrik Gustav Faller, Communication Manager, Opera, +47 91543433
OLSO, Norway, May 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Opera for computers has become the first major browser to feature a power saving mode
- out today in the developer stream [http://opr.as/btrydev ]. The new mode extends the
laptop battery life by up to 50% compared to earlier versions of the Opera browser and to
Google Chrome.
(Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160511/366370 )
The web browser is among the most used software on the computer. It's the browser that
enables people to work in the cloud, search the web, listen to music and watch videos.
However, having many tabs open simultaneously often results in rapid battery drain that
reduces a laptop's performance.
"It's extremely frustrating to run out of battery on your computer, whether you are
out traveling, watching videos, or you have just left your charger behind. Our new power
saving mode will nudge you when the laptop starts to consume battery, and, when enabled,
it can increase the battery life by as much as 50%," says Krystian Kolondra, SVP of
Engineering for Opera.
Battery saving on Opera for computers is possible thanks to optimizations, such as
reducing activity from background tabs, adapting page-redrawing frequency and tuning
video-playback parameters.
How it works Â
Using the new power saving mode is easy. Once the laptop's power cable is unplugged,
the battery icon will appear next to the search and address field in the Opera browser.
Click the battery icon to activate the power saving mode and flip on the switch. The
browser will also detect when the laptop's battery is running low and will suggest
enabling power saving mode.
Test results Â
In our test, designed to reflect the way people use browsers in real life, the latest
Opera developer version was able to run 3 hours longer than browsers like Google Chrome on
a laptop running Windows 10, 64-bit.
These results are from the test we have done on 11 popular websites. For testing we
used the Selenium WebDriver. Each page was opened in separate tab, without closing
previous ones, and was scrolled 5 times, then left alone for a minute. The test was
repeated until the laptop ran out of battery completely. While testing the battery life
with the power saving mode enabled, the ad blocker was on, too. The machine was Lenovo
X250, Core i7-5600U, 16GB RAM running on Windows 10, 64-bit.
Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160511/366370
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160511/366370
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160511/366370
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Opera Software AS
CONTACT: Contact: Henrik Gustav Faller, Communication Manager, Opera, +47 91543433