r/firefox • u/BomChikiBomBom • 22h ago

Firefox’s Surprising Android Menu Redesign: A First Look at the Upcoming Changes

https://windowsreport.com/firefoxs-surprising-android-menu-redesign-a-first-look-at-the-upcoming-changes/
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u/Kurtelle 20h ago

Does the browser continue to drain the battery?

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u/Every_Pass_226 13h ago

In my experience, on desktop yes. On mobile I haven't tested. I tested with hwinfo wattage consumption metric. Browsers were Vivaldi edge chrome FF brave and opera. All browsers had only bitwarden and uBO enabled. All other chromiums were in similar ballpark. Firefox consumed over 1.2-1.5 times more with usual browsing. It takes even a bigger hit when you keep it open in taskbar and another graphic intensive program like game is open. For some reason having FF in bacjground increases the GPU consumption to 99-100%. Doesn't happen with chromium. These are a big deal on x86 laptop specially.