It appears that Microsoft is trying to draw attention away from Google Chrome with upgrades that will make the Edge browser faster and more efficient: "Startup Boost" and "Sleeping Tabs".

Startup Boost is intended to speed up the launch of the Edge browser's core processes when the Edge browser is clicked for the first time in a computing session. Sleeping Tabs frees up computing resources consumed by tabs that are open in Edge but not used that often.

Microsoft first announced the startup boost in October 2020 and introduced it in the stable version of Edge 89. Similarly, the "Sleeping Tabs" feature was first publicly announced in December 2020.

Now it's finally time to put this souped-up Microsoft Edge to the test, as Microsoft has publicly stated that this new feature will make it "the best performing browser on Windows 10" when version 91 is released later this week .

Simply put, Startup Boost will make the Microsoft Edge browser launch faster; according to Microsoft, this is accomplished by running part of Edge's core process in the background so that when you click on the browser, it will launch much It will launch much faster than before.

According to Microsoft's internal testing, Edge's startup time has been reduced by 29% to 41%. There is the minor issue of background processes consuming CPU resources to open the browser a little faster, but on modern desktops and laptops the actual impact will be negligible.

The Sleeping Tabs feature helps optimize the browser by freeing up CPU and memory resources for tabs that are open but not regularly clicked. These resources can be used to improve the performance of tabs that are used regularly.

Microsoft states that "users can prevent sites from going to sleep or set the time before inactive tabs go to sleep. It also said that for some users who have access to the beta version of Edge version 91, heuristics (basically algorithms) are used to learn which tabs should be optimized and which should be left untouched.

Early testing by Microsoft reported that the "sleeping tabs" feature reduced demands on memory by up to 82%. If these improvements are reflected in the full release of Edge, the browser's resource consumption could be significantly reduced.

Microsoft is certainly interested in optimizing tabs in the default browser, having already rolled out vertical tabs to Edge users earlier this year to reduce clutter in the browser window. And with the imminent death of Internet Explorer, this is a good time to try Microsoft Edge, especially for users who have grown tired of Chrome.

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