Google Chrome will pause unnecessary Flash content; aims to save battery life

Google has teamed with Adobe to sideline Flash content which may not be required for the user's ongoing task on hand. This move ensures that a user's experience on the web can be power-efficient as well as rich and interactive. The new feature is enabled by default on Chrome’s desktop Beta channel, which has released today and will soon roll out to others using the Chrome desktop.Google explained on its blogpost that they will 'intelligently pause content' which is not of central focus on a webpage. If in case the user feels that Google has paused something which might be of importance, they can click on it to resume playback. According to Google, this new update significantly reduces power consumption, allowing users to surf the web for a longer period of time.[caption id="attachment_269693" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Image: Google blogpost[/caption] Users can head to Content settings on Google Chrome and select, 'Detect and run important plugin content.' Google states that more 'power improvements' for Google Chrome will come soon.According to a previous report, Google had announced a free extension for its Chrome web browser that better protects Google accounts, including email, against online attackers trying to steal passwords and other personal information.The extension, called Password Alert, can be downloaded on Google Chrome and warns users before they enter account information on “phishing” pages, or imitation sites designed to steal passwords and access personal information, such as emails or online bank accounts.The new extension, which took about three years to create, is an addition to Google’s other security measures, including safe browsing technology that warns users against potentially malicious sites and verification tools that help protect private accounts.