Google Chrome Is 23% Faster After Version 91 Update: Here's Why

Google earlier this week rolled out the Chrome 91 update that brings a host of changes including revamped controls, desktop mode on large screen devices, and more. Apart from new features, the Chrome 91 update also brings performance improvements to the Google web browser. In a post on the Chromium blog, Google said that Chrome is now up to 23 percent faster with the launch of a new Sparkplug compiler and short built-in calls. Google Chrome’s Sparkplug is a new JavaScript compiler that the company says, “fills the gap between needing to start executing quickly and optimising the code for maximum performance.” Short built-in calls, on the other hand, optimises the area where Google puts the generated code to avoid indirect jumps when “calling functions.” Further, Google Chrome’s V8 engine comes with multiple compilers that make different tradeoffs throughout the various stages of executing a JavaScript. With this, Google Chrome “starts executing quickly while still generating relatively fast code,” Google says.