r/MicrosoftEdge

I just updated my Edge for Mac to the latest version (146.0.3856.97), and the performance has been abysmal. I’m seeing some seriously concerning power consumption numbers in Activity Monitor. Just opening a standard webpage causes the power draw to spike to 20W-30W, and sometimes even higher. Beyond the battery drain, the actual browsing experience feels "heavy":

• Webpage scrolling: Not smooth at all, lots of micro-stutters.
• Video playback: Dropping frames and feels laggy (even at 1080p).
• General UI: Noticeable delay when switching tabs.

I’ve already tried disabling my extensions to see if that was the culprit, but the high energy impact persists. Is anyone else on this specific build experiencing this? My Mac is getting noticeably warmer than usual just from light browsing.

Specs: M4 MacBook Air

Am I supposed to guess what tab I'm on now?

I mean, It's a nice feature. But I mostly use Copilot for 'normal' AI use.

Tell me if you want how you use Copilot on Edge.

https://preview.redd.it/sd7cpj8w3btg1.png?width=1120&format=png&auto=webp&s=f0b39c1ec37ef8e3b5bb441a58f3779dc6c0bb4d

I have all privacy settings off, I have told it to stop responding with tabs. and it is causing major hallucinations along with the inability to recover.

PLEASE FIX THIS!!!

The title basically says all but I’ve done everything. Boot on startup is turned off and I even have a .bat file that’s set to continuously kill edge but it just stays open and eats up like 50% of my ram.