I couldn&#x27;t tell you precisely <i>why</i> Chrome has comparatively bad battery usage, but it does:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.getbatterybox.com&#x2F;which-browser-is-the-most-energy-efficient-chrome-vs-safari-vs-firefox&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.getbatterybox.com&#x2F;which-browser-is-the-most-ener...</a><p>Even if you just leave it sitting in the background with one tab open, Chrome uses more power than Safari. I&#x27;m currently measuring an &quot;Energy Impact&quot; of 1.9 vs 0.1 for that test.<p>I don&#x27;t have any hard data for Electron apps, but my experience is that they&#x27;re worse than their native counterparts. For example, Spotify (playing offline files) vs iTunes.