Chrome Eats Almost 70% More Battery then Edge Browser

To browse the internet, we always use a browser.Using Internet browser we can check email online, we can shop on the web, we can learn, earn from the internet etc. But do you know Internet browsers plays a significant role in decreasing battery life?

Keeping in mind this scenario, Microsoft, a World leading Company On Monday 20 June 2016, conducted a series of test to compare which browser last long on a laptop and dramatically it was prove that Microsoft Browser "Edge" lasts 70% longer on laptop then the famous Google Chrome browser.

Microsoft conducted two tests. In the first test, they ran Chrome, Opera, Edge, Firefox on the Surface Book(A two in one PC, that contains combined features of tablet and laptop).They automate a series of task like opening websites, reading articles, scrolling articles, watching videos. For all of this purpose, they used the popular sites like Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc. The test dramatically showed that the Surface Book using Edge browser was the last to long, It showed 36% to 53% increase in battery life.

In the second test, they conducted a video test in which they ran Google Chrome, Opera, Firefox and Safari on four different Surface Book respectively. They streamed same HD videos on each device.According to the result, Battery power consumption on Surface Book running Edge was almost 70% less than other browsers.Surface Book Running Edge browser ran for 7 hours 22 Minutes and 7 seconds while Surface Book running Chrome ran for only 4 hours 19 Minute and 50 seconds. From that result, It is cleared that Edge browser won by increasing battery life.

1- Chrome: 4:19:50
2- Firefox: 5:09:30

3-Opera: 6:18:33

4-Microsoft Edge: 7:22:07

Here is the Experiment Video:

From this experiment, It is clear that Microsoft is looking to win the browser race.More ever the company has announced to make it browser more battery efficient on the Window 10 Anniversary which will be on this summer. However, besides of all this effort, Edge still is very limited lacks in many important browser features as compared to chrome and other famous browsers.In addition to that, it is not available for Andriod or IOS users.