Apple’s Safari browser may soon be just as fast as Google Chrome

Jul19

by Sindy Cator on July 19, 2016 at 4:43 pm

Apple’s Safari browser included with iOS 10 and macOS Sierra is testing WebP, Google’s own technology for getting webpages to load quickly. WebP was built into Chrome back at build 32 (2013!), so it’s not unproven. It’s also used by Facebook due to its image compression underpinnings, and is in use across many Google properties, including YouTube. According to CNET, the lone holdout for WebP is Microsoft, which never included in in Internet Explorer and has ‘no plans’ to work it into Edge. Both iOS 10 and macOS Sierra are in beta, so so WebP may not make it into the final version at…