Chrome and VAAPI

If your laptop has multiple GPUs, Google Chrome may by default select the one it thinks is the fastest (e.g., a dedicated GPU instead of an iGPU). Unless you're playing heavy browser games, this only drains your battery faster while providing 0 benefit. I noticed that when playing a 4k hevc video in Chrome, the laptop's fan started spinning up (it used to stay mostly silent). At first I thought it…