Microsoft announced at the annual developer conference Build 2023 that it will extend the advantages of WebView2 to HoloLens 2 and Xbox. This move will allow developers to display dynamic web content in spatially-aware and app-integrated 3D applications while providing media app developers with a better remote debugging experience, improved performance, and support for modern web features.
WebView2 preview, now available in HoloLens 2 preview, allows developers to display dynamic web content in spatially-aware and app-integrated 3D applications.
Additionally, Xbox will get WebView2 support later this year, benefiting media app developers by providing a better remote debugging experience, improved performance, and support for modern web features. This update will facilitate migration from the old EdgeHTML Web View, ensuring a more seamless and enhanced user experience.
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The remote access and remote control computer software Teamviewer has started to take advantage of WebView2. During the conference, Microsoft highlighted the numerous benefits of their adoption of WebView2, including enhanced security, reusable architecture, advanced debugging tools, and memory savings.
Microsoft says their internal research and testing shows that using the new API can reduce memory footprint by up to 20%. By using WebView2, developers can incorporate web code into individual parts of their native applications, or build entire native applications within a WebView2 instance. WebView2 also facilitates code sharing, allowing for increased code reuse and reduced development effort across multiple platforms. Microsoft provides full support for WebView2 and is actively merging new feature requests on supported platforms.
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Note: WebView2 is powered by the Microsoft Edge browser and provides developers with the benefits of web and native features in their applications, including code sharing capabilities, access to the web ecosystem, and utilization of native features. WebView2 allows embedding web content in native applications, it is based on the Chromium open source project, and uses the Edge (Chromium) browser as the rendering engine.
