My M3 Macbook Pro 14 drains battery quickly with just web browsing

I'm having the same issue. I have started seeing the battery draining out too fast since day one. It's been just 12 days since I bought it. I thought the stock Mac OS update wasn't optimized or something and did the update to 14.4 as well. And not much improvement. The overall battery backup is about 6 to 8 hours max, with only Google Chrome usage, maybe with 15 tabs open. I was expecting around 12 to 16 hours. Totally disappointed, not sure what is the issue. Looking forward to a solution here.




Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Mar 23, 2024 2:46 AM

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Posted on Jun 19, 2024 9:45 PM

Google Chrome is the issue. Chrome is well known for using a ton of energy and is very hard on memory, especially when you have more than a few tabs open.


Your best bet would be to switch to a more efficient browser like Firefox, Opera, or Safari.

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