Google Chrome to alert users on tabs consuming excessive data with new performance notifications

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Google Chrome will soon alert users when a tab consumes excessive system resources.

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A small window will pop up on-screen whenever Chrome detects performance issues with a tab.

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The alert will display “Performance issue alert” and include a “Fix now” button.

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Clicking “Fix now” will disable the problematic tab to free up system resources.

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By default, Chrome will trigger the performance issue alert automatically.

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Users can also manually force the alert by accessing experimental features.

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To enable this, type “chrome://flags” in the address bar and activate #performance-intervention-ui and #performance-intervention-demo-mode.

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Restart Chrome and check the alert settings under chrome://SettingsPerformanceGeneral.

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