windows app performance

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Discussions tagged with windows app performance on WindowsForum.com focus on real-world resource consumption of desktop applications on Windows 11. A prominent example is the WhatsApp for Windows WebView2 wrapper, which reportedly uses up to 1.2GB of RAM after login, highlighting concerns about memory bloat in Chromium-based apps. The tag covers user reports and analysis of how app design choices, such as replacing native UWP clients with web wrappers, impact system responsiveness and resource efficiency. Recurring themes include memory usage, CPU load, startup time, and the trade-offs between feature richness and performance on Windows systems.
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    WhatsApp for Windows WebView2 Wrapper Reportedly Eats 1.2GB RAM After Login

    WhatsApp for Windows is reportedly using hundreds of megabytes of memory before login and as much as roughly 1.2GB after normal chat use on Windows 11, after Meta replaced its native UWP client with a Chromium WebView2-based desktop wrapper in 2025. The numbers matter because this is not a...
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