Blink has a big speed advantage against WebKit in browser tests

WebKit has met its match, as the prototype Blink schools Apple’s well-worn browser engine and hints at the future of web browsing on iOS.

WebKit, Apple’s well-used browser rendering engine, has not had to deal with alternatives for quite some time. Even after the EU’s Digital Markets Act changed the game and forced Apple to allow others to be used on iOS, via BrowserEngineKit.

However, a LinkedIn post from Microsoft Edge Web Platform Group Product Manager Kyle Pflug on June 15 indicates that a change is in progress. All based on a Chromium project using the Blink browser engine that dates back to February 2023.

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