It also increases your battery life as a sleeping tab uses 37% less CPU on average than a non-sleeping tab. “Using sleeping tabs on Microsoft Edge typically reduces memory usage by 32% on average. Just like a good night’s sleep allows you to stay focused and productive the next day, sleeping tabs helps optimize your browser’s performance by freeing up resources for the tabs you’re really using,” Microsoft said. To improve the memory and CPU usage of the browser, we’ve launched ‘sleeping tabs’. To us, delivering world-class performance means better speed and responsiveness, all while using fewer system resources. “The Microsoft Edge team is on a mission to create a browser that keeps up with you and never slows you down. The official estimates pretty much speak for themselves. This new feature pushes Google’s freezing tab system to a whole new level, allowing the browser to provide Windows users with a substantially reduced memory usage, while also offering better battery life and other benefits. Just look at sleeping tabs, for instance.
It doesn’t always come down to things you see, as Microsoft is also working on under the hood tweaks that further polish the experience with Edge. Microsoft Edge is without a doubt evolving, and every new update brings more and more improvements to the way we use the app.