BatteryBox: Survey shows Chrome is the killer of MacBook battery life

Google's Chrome browser has a lot of fans, but for MacBook users, it's a love-hate relationship. According to the latest test on browser power consumption from BatteryBox, Chrome's performance on the OS X platform seems to be a bit bad.

BatteryBox was previously known for launching portable external power banks designed specifically for laptops. Recently, the company decided to conduct various tests to examine the power consumption performance of three mainstream browsers on the OS X platform, namely Chrome, Firefox and Safari. However, judging from the results, Chrome is very unfavorable.

Overall, using Apple's own Safari browser gave us an extra hour of battery life over Chrome. Using Safari gave us an average of 6.5 hours of battery life, while Firefox came in second at 5.5 hours and Chrome came in third at about 5 hours.

At the same time, the study also revealed which operations or websites consume the most power. For example, using Yahoo Mail to send emails first saves the most power, while using Google Gmail consumes the most power. However, in terms of search, Google Search is the option that consumes the least power, while Microsoft Bing and DuckDuckGo consume more power.

In addition, when browsing Internet communities, Reddit's power consumption is the lowest compared to BuzzFeed and Imgur. In terms of social media, Instagram is the most power-saving, followed by Pinterest and Tumblr, while the most power-consuming and popular ones are Twitter and Facebook.

If you are interested in this power consumption survey, you can visit the BatteryBox official website to view more detailed data.