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Apple Tried To Lock Down Browsers On iOS Via Safari’s WebKit Engine, But A Blink-Based Edge Prototype Has Now Beaten Safari On Speedometer 3.1 By 28.6%

17 June 2026 at 22:55

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We typically assume that Apple's own apps would almost always beat similar third-party ones on performance and efficiency on Apple's own platforms, especially given the time and resources that the company spends to optimize each facet of its ecosystem. Yet, a creative developer and a group product manager for the Microsoft Edge Web Platform, Kyle Pflug, has just demonstrated that it is possible to beat Apple on its home turf. A prototype Microsoft Edge browser, built using the Blink rendering engine, comprehensively outcompetes Safari on iOS Pflug penned a dedicated post on LinkedIn recently, disclosing that Microsoft's Edge web platform […]

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