{"id":28196,"date":"2016-10-13T18:04:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T10:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=28196"},"modified":"2017-02-14T20:57:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T12:57:52","slug":"chrome-55-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/chrome-55-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome 55 update promises memory boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By all accounts, Google\u2019s Chrome is a pretty good browser. Unfortunately, Chrome <strong>has been hamstrung by memory management issues<\/strong> since it was first launched. That is all set to change with the upcoming Chrome 55 update which is aimed to improve the browser\u2019s JavaScript engine, leading to an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/v8.dev\/blog\/optimizing-v8-memory\">improvement in browser performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-55-updates\/01-chrome-chart.jpg\" width=\"894\" height=\"281\" alt=\"chrome chart\"><\/figure>\n<p>The first key improvement that was made to Chrome\u2019s JavaScript V8 engine is the <strong>reduction of its Heap Size<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/chrome-boost-browsing-speed\/\">11 Ways to Speed Up Google Chrome<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The reduced JavaScript Heap Size, coupled with revised heuristics, allows the browser to conduct stricter garbage collection. This allows <strong>lower memory devices<\/strong> to <strong>reduce overall memory footprint.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-55-updates\/02-heap-memory.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"495\" alt=\"heap memory\"><figcaption>Heap size memory consumption test for Chrome 53 and Chrome 55<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The second key improvement is the <strong>reduction in memory consumption during background parsing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Chrome\u2019s parser has a tendency to keep zones alive <em>longer<\/em> than necessary. By changing the duration which the parser keep zones alive, this allows Google to reduce the average and peak memory usage in Chrome.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-55-updates\/03-v8-peak-zone-memory.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" alt=\"v8 peak zone memory\"><figcaption>Zone memory consumption test for Chrome 53 and Chrome 55<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What this all translates to is simple: Chrome 55 will <strong>use considerably less memory<\/strong> compared to the current version, Chrome 53.<\/p>\n<p>That said, <strong>only low-end devices<\/strong> will see any actual improvements in performance. Whatever the case, you should still update to Chrome 55 when it goes live on the 6th of December.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chromium.org\/developers\/calendar\">The Chromium Project<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By all accounts, Google\u2019s Chrome is a pretty good browser. Unfortunately, Chrome has been hamstrung by memory management issues since it was first launched. That is all set to change with the upcoming Chrome 55 update which is aimed to improve the browser\u2019s JavaScript engine, leading to an improvement in browser performance. The first key&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3397,3976],"tags":[1258,316],"topic":[4523,4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chrome 55 update promises memory boost - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By all accounts, Google&#039;s Chrome is a pretty good browser. 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