Microsoft Edge is now significantly faster than before

Last February, Microsoft published an update on WebUI 2.0 migration in its Edge browser. This journey enables Microsoft to speed up its browser significantly and notably reduce loading times for various parts of Edge. Now, the company has a new update with more performance improvements.

In a newly published blog post, Microsoft described the latest changes under the hood of its browser. Thanks to its dev efforts, the company managed to achieve a major milestone of reducing first contentful paint load time below 300 ms (FCP measures how quickly UI parts visually load). Microsoft claims that waiting times over 300 or 400 ms significantly impact user satisfaction, and reducing them below 300 ms ensures things appear nearly instantly, making the browser up to modern web standards and stand out among competitors.

Since the last update in February 2025, Microsoft has managed to reduce loading times by 40% on average across 13 different browser features, such as settings, Read Aloud, Split Screen, and Workspaces. The company also published a small video showcasing the benefits of using WebUI 2.0 in the browser's settings:

The migration to WebUI 2.0 is ongoing, which means plenty of other parts of the browser are waiting for the update. In the coming months, Microsoft promises to move more elements of the Edge browser to WebUI 2.0, including Print Preview, Extensions, and other commonly used bits.

It is great to see Microsoft focusing on important areas of its browser and making important improvements in the areas that matter, not only annoying users with ads, pop-ups, and all sorts of roadblocks to prevent them from downloading Chrome (some users are seeing fewer of them). Recently, Microsoft removed a lot of bloat from Edge to streamline the experience, and with the latest performance upgrades, the browser works much better than before.

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