[kshmir]

15 years later, and Linux Power management still doesn't work on laptops, among many other things, that's why I switched to mac.

U can still run linux in the cloud, where it works well.

[gcr]

Google Meet lasts about 1h 20min on my 2021 M1 MacBook Pro, so it seems about right

[sgt]

Doesn't seem right. I used Google Meet for a few hours the other day and it was still at 93%. This is a MacBook Pro M2

[jwells89]

If this is using Chrome it’s likely because Meet uses non-hardware accelerated codecs there. Under Safari it’ll use accelerated h.264 and be much easier on battery.

[herodoturtle]

This comment caught my eye - because I'm using Chrome too.

Is there a way to enable hardware accelerated codecs in Chrome + Meet?

(I have no idea what that means, I'm just quoting you)

I checked my Chrome settings and "Use hardware acceleration when available" is enabled for what that's worth.

[jwells89]

Not sure. There’s extensions that force YouTube to serve h.264 so it seems like something similar should be possible with Meet.

[1970-01-01]

Not sure why you were downvoted, as this is Ask HN, and you replied with a fact. Power management is my GOTO retort when I meet a Linux fanboy:

"Linux runs the US nuclear submarine fleet!"

"Of course it can run there, they have unlimited power available."

[jamespo]

So does the power point that 95% of laptops are plugged into and they don't charge $200 for 8gb of memory either.