Android Web Browser with low resource usage

[Zangetsu]

Which browser uses less RAM and battery ?
Been using Chrome for a long time but it seems it is consuming more RAM and Battery.

I am OK with RAM as now a days phones have 6 to 8GB of RAM. My main concern is battery usage.

When I checked App battery usage I found that Chrome was on Top with 69% of battery usage.

Here is the summary for Chrome:
Foreground Active Time: 41 min
Background Active Time: 12h 20 min
Power consumed: 2003 mAh

 

[SaiyanGoku]

69%

Nice

Background Active Time: 12h 20 min

Why do you need it active in background?

 

[Cyberghost]

Try Brave or Samsung Internet both have better battery life than chrome

 

[Zangetsu]

Why do you need it active in background?

I don't need it. Somehow it is active in background for long hours.

 

[sling-shot]

Chrome is like the IE of Microsoft. It is probably not only just a stand alone browser at this point. It serves as webview backend or something. Many Google apps probably need it too. I had disabled Chrome once and it caused the Play Store to think something is out of date and needs updating always (probably WebView).

Although I am an exclusive Firefox user, now I keep Chrome enabled just to avoid irritations like this.

There is not much real choice among browsers these days unfortunately.

 

[omega44-xt]

I use Firefox, works well for me, also has ublock origin.

 

[Zangetsu]

Chome is installed as System App. Hence I cannot remove it without root. No option to uninstall and no option to restrict background services.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Chome is installed as System App. Hence I cannot remove it without root. No option to uninstall and no option to restrict background services.

You can do it with greenify

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

Chome is installed as System App. Hence I cannot remove it without root. No option to uninstall and no option to restrict background services.

You can easily uninstall chrome using adb without root. This app makes the process visual Releases · 0x192/universal-android-debloater

 

[Zangetsu]

^^Alright so after debloat the playstore chome install will not make it a system app right ?

 

[SaiyanGoku]

^^Alright so after debloat the playstore chome install will not make it a system app right ?

No, it'd always be a system app unless you root and then uninstall it

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[TigerKing]

I don't need it. Somehow it is active in background for long hours.

Settings > Apps > Chrome > Battery > Select Restricted.
Done.
Turn discover off in home page.

Do this for every app which keeps running in background.
Truecaller, Facebook, etc.

 

[Zangetsu]

Settings > Apps > Chrome > Battery > Select Restricted.
Done.
Turn discover off in home page.

Do this for every app which keeps running in background.
Truecaller, Facebook, etc.

I don't see this option

 

[TigerKing]

I don't see this option

This option available for all Android devices.

 

[omega44-xt]

I don't see this option

Which phone? Based on UI, it might be slightly reworded, like Battery saver or power management or restrict background activity, but should be present IMO.

 

[Zangetsu]

Which phone? Based on UI, it might be slightly reworded, like Battery saver or power management or restrict background activity, but should be present IMO.

Realme UI on Realme X2 Pro

 

[TigerKing]

Realme UI on Realme X2 Pro

Chinese phones are getting worse day by day.
Any new emerging player in market?

 

[omega44-xt]

Chinese phones are getting worse day by day.
Any new emerging player in market?

Nothing

Take that answer how you want

 

[Æsoteric Positron]

^^Alright so after debloat the playstore chome install will not make it a system app right ?

Most probably, no(never tried). Though make sure you remove it instead of disabling it.