According to software giant Microsoft, the company’s Edge browser -- the default browser included in the Windows 10 OS -- consumes less battery as compared to any of the other browsers.

Touting the power-saving capabilities of its Edge browser vis-à-vis its competitors like Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and other browsers, Microsoft said that Windows 10 users who want the battery of their laptops to last longer should use the Edge browser when they browser the Internet.

Microsoft has revealed that the lesser-battery-consumption capability of the Edge browser is evident from the results of three separate tests, which cycled through some of the common websites including Facebook, YouTube, Amazon, and Wikipedia.

The test measuring the power consumption by a browser in a controlled lab environment revealed that the Edge browser lasted 7 hours and 22 minutes on a Surface Book system; Firefox lasted 5 hours and 9 minutes; Opera in battery-saving mode lasted 6 hours and 18 minutes; and Chrome lasted only 4 hours and 19 minutes.

Highlighting the fact that each of the Surface Books running Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Opera browsers completed the same tasks and used the same websites during the tests, Microsoft said that the tests clearly show that Edge is the most energy-efficient browser on Windows 10 “with up to 36%-53% more battery life to get what you need done.”