Edge Beats Chrome in Battery Test, Says Microsoft (zdnet.com)

The latest installment of Microsoft's browser battery challenge shows once again that Edge consumes less energy than Chrome and Firefox. From a report: With the Windows 10 April 2018 Update rolling out across the globe, Microsoft thinks it's once again time to square Edge up against Chrome and Firefox in a new battery-life test. Microsoft's browser experiment shows a time-lapse of "three identical devices, three different browsers, streaming one video." Firefox, Edge, and Chrome play what appears to be a Netflix video on three Surface Books. As usual, the Edge device lasts the longest, depleting the battery after 14 hours and 20 minutes. The Chrome device lasted 12 hours and 32 minutes, while the Firefox laptop ran out of steam after just seven hours and 15 minutes.

Comments

Don't care

[Anonymous Coward]

I wouldn't use Edge even if it recharged my batteries! It's a shitty browser, on top of an awful OS.

Why don't I use Edge? IE6

[ilsaloving]

IE6 demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that if Microsoft manages to get even the slightest lead over everyone else, their innovation will grind to a screeching halt and anything they do do will be exclusively for their own benefit.

I mean, we knew this already thanks to countless other examples of their behaviour, but IE6 is probably one of those visible and glaring, directly impacting the entire computer industry and internet.

I don't understand

[Bruce Perens]

What's the point of Edge if it doesn't run on any good, professional operating system?

Re:Why don't I use Edge? IE6

[Tablizer]

...if Microsoft manages to get even the slightest lead over everyone else, their innovation will grind to a screeching halt and anything they do do will be exclusively for their own benefit.

Uh, so instead we let Google pull that.