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Does your browser handle having 500+ tabs open? (I use chrome iOS and it’s totally fine with that many without anything being slowed down. I assume because they unload old tabs. This would be a blocker for me for your app if yours doesn’t do that since I wouldn’t want my phone to slow down)


Great question, thanks! I've got 200 tabs currently open on my phone :)

Memory wise, at most 8 tabs can be kept alive in the background. Then based on the phone thermal state, that number decreases to 4, 2, and then 1.

Additionally, turning on Low Power Mode suspends all background tabs immediately, which is also convenient. I should probably document that behavior somewhere actually :)




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