Microsoft says Edge 134 is up to 9% faster with real-world performance boosts

In context: Microsoft released Edge 134 last month with several new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The company now claims that this latest version also brings "significant" performance gains, including up to 9 percent faster rendering times on the Speedometer 3.0 benchmark. According to the official Microsoft blog post, Edge 134 offers 1.7 percent faster navigation times, 2 percent faster startup times, and 5 - 7 percent better web page responsiveness compared to Edge 133. The results come from Microsoft's field telemetry, which represents real-world web usage on all types of hardware and websites. The improvements can largely be attributed to multiple optimizations made to both Edge and the Chromium engine, and they are part of Microsoft's continuing efforts to make Edge faster and more responsive. In the newer versions of Edge, the company claims to have carried out several code changes focused on optimizing the browser's real-world performance on Windows and macOS. The co ... Read full article.