Chrome keeps flickering & freezing on new MacBook

Hi everyone,


My Chrome keeps flickering and freezing on my new MacBook (less than 3 months old).

What I tried:


  • Reinstalled Chrome, cleared cache, reset settings
  • Toggled hardware acceleration
  • Contacted Apple (they said it’s Chrome issue)
  • Reported bug to Chrome team
  • Same Chrome profile works fine on my Windows laptop


Still no fix. Has anyone else faced this? Any workaround?


Thanks.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Aug 20, 2025 11:27 AM

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Aug 21, 2025 04:50 AM in response to suwetaa

suwetaa wrote:

• Hi everyone,

My Chrome keeps flickering and freezing on my new MacBook (less than 3 months old).
What I tried:

Reinstalled Chrome, cleared cache, reset settings
• Toggled hardware acceleration
• Contacted Apple (they said it’s Chrome issue)
• Reported bug to Chrome team
• Same Chrome profile works fine on my Windows laptop

Still no fix. Has anyone else faced this? Any workaround?

Thanks.

Short and unpopular suggestion for some


 https://chromeisbad.com


May consider an alternative www.brrave.com which is essentially Google Chrome without the Google baggage 


Refer to the Posting by Respected Contributor @ John Galt 


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255978513?answerId=261209667022&sortBy=oldest_first#261209667022


Refer to the Posting by Respected Contributor @ Kurt Lang


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