SAN FRANCISCO: Google’s Chrome browser is getting an update which limits Adobe Flash to increase battery life of your laptop.
In the latest beta of Google’s Chrome browser, the tech giant has turned on a feature that automatically identifies Flash running on a Web page and pauses anything deemed unnecessary — such as ads that use Flash. If Chrome users want the Flash content to play, they’ll be able to turn it back on from within the browser.
“When you’re on a Web page that runs Flash, we’ll intelligently pause content (like Flash animations) that aren’t central to the Web page, while keeping central content (like a video) playing without interruption,” Tommy Li, a Google software engineer, wrote in a blog post on Thursday.
Adobe Flash has long been one of the more popular multimedia and software platforms for the Web, allowing developers to present animations, video and other “rich” content on Web pages.
However, for the last several years, Flash has come under fire from some technology industry giants for being a drain on security and battery life.
