Opera claims, new feature will provide 50 percent more battery life than Chrome
The new ‘Power Saving’ is available in the developer stream and works automatically. The company says that once the laptop’s power source is removed, a battery icon will appear after the search and address fields in the Opera browser. Users can click on the battery icon to activate ‘Power Saving Mode’. Along with detecting the laptop’s battery, Opera browser will also advise the user to enable power saving mode (if the laptop is working on low power).
Announcing the new feature, the company said, “Draining your laptop’s battery is a bad thing when you’re traveling, watching a video or simply forgetting your charger. Our new Power Saving Mode will tell you when your laptop is using too much battery and when enabled, it can extend battery life by up to 50 percent.”
Opera said in its test that with the latest developer version, users could get up to 50 percent more battery life compared to other browsers.
The new developer version of Opera 39 is available to download now on the company’s website. Opera further said that memory management is also being tested in the developer version.
Opera has added several new features to its browser in recent times, including ad-blockers. Whereas Opera VPN was released for iOS with built-in ad-blocker.
