Once the laptop’s power cable is unplugged, the battery icon will appear next to the search and address field in the Opera browser.Ĭlick the battery icon to activate the power saver mode and flip on the switch. Including ad blocker – when enabled, it enables even more battery savings.Tuning video-playback parameters and forcing usage of hardware accelerated video codecs.Reducing frame rate to 30 frames per second.Waking CPU less often due to optimal scheduling of JavaScript timers.Wonder how we achieved this cool down and power savings? With several under-the-hood optimizations: It’s actually pretty nice difference, especially when you think about bringing your laptop along for summer fun and letting it bake your lap. Test results with the new battery saver enabled showed that Opera can keep laptops over 3 degrees (C) cooler. One was running Opera with battery saver enabled and the other one Opera with the mode disabled. We’ve made tests comparing the temperature of the bottoms of two laptops. This heats up your lap, sets off a loud and annoying fan, and can cause problems such as random blue screens or even data loss. That’s why your laptop gets overheated during your heavy browsing sessions. If something consumes more energy, it usually gets warmer – basic physics. There is one more thing we realized recently.

Older version of opera for mac 10.8.5