Version 91 of Microsoft’s Edge browser is due to release in a couple of days and Microsoft is claiming that it will be the best performing browser on Windows 10.
What Makes Edge 91 So Good?
A post on the Microsoft Edge Blog claims that version 91 of the browser, which releases this week, will “be the best performing browser on Windows 10”.
Microsoft believes this statement is true because of its startup boost and sleeping tabs feature.
Startup boost launches Edge 41% faster than previously because it runs a set of core Edge processes in the background, without adding additional resource when the browser is open. This update has been rolling out since March, when Edge also added vertical tabs.
Sleeping tabs is a feature that helps users running multiple tabs at once. If tabs aren’t in use, their resources are freed up so that the system can use them elsewhere. According to Microsoft, this feature has been continuingly improved and now puts ads to sleep, which helps achieve 82% memory savings overall.
While Chrome has been known to use lots of RAM, Google is making similar adjustments to improve the performance of its browser, so we’ll see how long Edge holds the best performing Windows 10 browser trophy (then again, is it really fair for a browser to award itself that title?).