Microsoft's Weather app can eat up to 1.2GB of RAM just sitting open
Software Microsoft windows memory Microsoft's Weather app can eat up to 1.2GB of RAM just sitting open The app launches nine Chromium subprocesses, suggesting it's built on WebView2, not native code By Skye Jacobs August 10, 2026, 17:48 Add TechSpot Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Facepalm: Microsoft's default Weather app in Windows 11 can use nearly 1.2 GB of RAM while sitting open on a forecast screen, according to testing by Windows Latest.
- ▪Software Microsoft windows memory Microsoft's Weather app can eat up to 1.2GB of RAM just sitting open The app launches nine Chromium subprocesses, suggesting it's built on WebView2, not native code By Skye Jacobs August 10, 2026, 17:48 Add
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- ▪Facepalm: Microsoft's default Weather app in Windows 11 can use nearly 1.2 GB of RAM while sitting open on a forecast screen, according to testing by Windows Latest.
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Software Microsoft windows memory Microsoft's Weather app can eat up to 1.2GB of RAM just sitting open The app launches nine Chromium subprocesses, suggesting it's built on WebView2, not native code By Skye Jacobs August 10, 2026, 17:48 Add TechSpot Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Facepalm: Microsoft's default Weather app in Windows 11 can use nearly 1.2 GB of RAM while sitting open on a forecast screen, according to testing by Windows Latest. The app doesn't need to be actively used to reach that level of memory consumption. The report found that MSN Weather launches as many as nine Chromium-based subprocesses, suggesting the app is built around a web wrapper rather than as a fully native application.
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