Google to Improve Windows Device Battery Life with Audio Offloading

TapTechNews June 26, according to the post in the ChromiumCommit community on June 14, Google plans to further improve the battery life performance of Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices by offloading audio tasks.

According to the post content, the Chromium browser (Google Chrome browser and Microsoft Edge browser are both derived from this project) will offload the audio rendering request, and after the Windows device turns on the offload mode, it will no longer try to open the output stream by default.

TapTechNews note: The word 'offload' here has the meaning of 'unload, take off'. Microsoft put forward a similar concept as early as 2019, and its basic purpose is to let the audio processor of the hardware handle the audio to reduce the usage rate of the CPU.

Currently, Chrome and Edge browsers based on Chromium are handled by the CPU for the audio process, and after the launch of this offload function, the audio processor will be used to handle audio requests, thereby improving the battery life performance of Chrome and Edge browsers.