Google is working on an update for its Internet browser, Chrome, which will block ad ads that consume too many resources and affect the performance of the user’s computer.
Google’s idea is to implement this feature to block a minimum number of ads that consume too much processor resources and consume a lot of battery power from laptops. These are invasive ads that sometimes hide other purposes such as cryptocurrency mining.
According to the company, it will determine that it is an ad that should be blocked if it consumes more CPU resources than 99.99% of the other ads. Chrome will also impose a limit on ads that consume more than 4MB of network data, more than 15 seconds of CPU usage in a 30-second period, or 60 seconds of total CPU usage. Upon detection, the ad will lead to an error page notifying the user that Chrome has blocked it because it was consuming too many resources.
Google says that it will be working on this feature for the next few months and hopes to implement it in a Chrome update for all users by August, enough time for those responsible for the announcements to make changes to improve the way in which they work and how many resources they consume, according to the company.