Mozilla teased today an upcoming update for Firefox on macOS that it says will reduce power consumption by a factor of up to three. From a report: The primary beneficiaries of this upcoming update are Macbook users, who can now expect longer battery lives while using Firefox. Firefox’s increased battery consumption has been a problem for Mozilla, and a black stain on the Firefox Quantum release — a revamped, performance-centric version of the older Firefox browser. While Firefox Quantum has received praises for its increased page loading speeds, Macbook users haven’t been that delighted, especially when they’re mobile and have to rely on the notebook’s battery as long as possible.
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