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Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM - Notebookcheck

Published by Notebookcheck.net By Andrew Sozinov · 9 August 2026 at 16:50
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Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM - Notebookcheck
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What the report says

A new report shows Windows 11's built-in Weather app can consume more than 1 GB of RAM. By comparison, Apple's native Weather app on macOS uses roughly five times less memory under similar conditions.

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