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Android Web Browser with low resource usage

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Zangetsu
Zangetsu Original post #1
Oct 31, 2022 at 10:24 AM
Which browser uses less RAM and battery ?
Been using Chrome for a long time but it seems it is consuming more RAM and Battery.

I am OK with RAM as now a days phones have 6 to 8GB of RAM. My main concern is battery usage.

When I checked App battery usage I found that Chrome was on Top with 69% of battery usage.

Here is the summary for Chrome:
Foreground Active Time: 41 min
Background Active Time: 12h 20 min
Power consumed: 2003 mAh
Cyberghost
Oct 31, 2022 at 6:58 PM
Try Brave or Samsung Internet both have better battery life than chrome
sling-shot
Oct 31, 2022 at 9:33 PM
Chrome is like the IE of Microsoft. It is probably not only just a stand alone browser at this point. It serves as webview backend or something. Many Google apps probably need it too. I had disabled Chrome once and it caused the Play Store to think something is out of date and needs updating always (probably WebView).

Although I am an exclusive Firefox user, now I keep Chrome enabled just to avoid irritations like this.

There is not much real choice among browsers these days unfortunately.
omega44-xt
Nov 3, 2022 at 8:56 AM
I use Firefox, works well for me, also has ublock origin.
Zangetsu
Nov 3, 2022 at 9:16 AM
Chome is installed as System App. Hence I cannot remove it without root. No option to uninstall and no option to restrict background services.
SaiyanGoku
Nov 3, 2022 at 10:50 AM
Chome is installed as System App. Hence I cannot remove it without root. No option to uninstall and no option to restrict background services.

You can do it with greenify
Æsoteric Positron
Nov 4, 2022 at 3:12 PM
Chome is installed as System App. Hence I cannot remove it without root. No option to uninstall and no option to restrict background services.
You can easily uninstall chrome using adb without root. This app makes the process visual Releases · 0x192/universal-android-debloater
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #10
Nov 5, 2022 at 9:26 PM
^^Alright so after debloat the playstore chome install will not make it a system app right ?
SaiyanGoku
Nov 6, 2022 at 12:09 PM
^^Alright so after debloat the playstore chome install will not make it a system app right ?
No, it'd always be a system app unless you root and then uninstall it

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TigerKing
TigerKing #12
Nov 6, 2022 at 4:40 PM
I don't need it. Somehow it is active in background for long hours.
Settings > Apps > Chrome > Battery > Select Restricted.
Done.
Turn discover off in home page.

Do this for every app which keeps running in background.
Truecaller, Facebook, etc.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #13
Nov 7, 2022 at 12:48 AM
Settings > Apps > Chrome > Battery > Select Restricted.
Done.
Turn discover off in home page.

Do this for every app which keeps running in background.
Truecaller, Facebook, etc.
I don't see this option
omega44-xt
Nov 7, 2022 at 6:19 PM
I don't see this option
Which phone? Based on UI, it might be slightly reworded, like Battery saver or power management or restrict background activity, but should be present IMO.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #16
Nov 8, 2022 at 12:05 AM
Which phone? Based on UI, it might be slightly reworded, like Battery saver or power management or restrict background activity, but should be present IMO.
Realme UI on Realme X2 Pro
Æsoteric Positron
Nov 14, 2022 at 9:33 PM
^^Alright so after debloat the playstore chome install will not make it a system app right ?
Most probably, no(never tried). Though make sure you remove it instead of disabling it.