Google has launched an updated version of its Chrome browser, promising significant speed improvements for high-end devices. The latest release has been optimized for efficiency, with the Chrome team delving deep under the hood to identify every opportunity to increase speed, from enhanced caching to better memory management.
Chrome on Android has always been designed to have a small footprint, but given the diversity of the Android ecosystem, with devices offering different levels of capability, the Chrome team has created a version optimized specifically for high-end devices. This version prioritizes speed over size, maximizing performance.
To achieve this, the Chrome team targeted optimizations for the highly used JS ‘Object.prototype.toString’ and ‘Array.prototype.join’ functions. They also created specialized fast paths for parsing to ‘innerHTML’. Additionally, they found an opportunity to save memory in both V8 and Oilpan with pointer compression.
After running the browser through Apple’s Speedometer 2.1 benchmark, Google states that the improved features and efficient pointer compression collectively gave them a 10% increase in speed over three months. The latest version of the browser is now 30% faster when running on compatible devices. However, as a trade-off, the app file will take up more space on your device.
If you’re using a high-end device, the latest Chrome update can significantly improve your browsing experience. But, are you willing to sacrifice internal storage for a faster browser? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
