Apple introduces Speedometer 3.0, citing its findings that Safari's performance is up by 60%, promising a faster, more responsive browsing experience for users.

This doesn’t mean Safari is much faster than other Mac browsers, though. When we tested Speedomenter 3.0 last month, we were running Safari 17.4 and found it to be the fastest browser but only by a very small margin. Edge still had some catching up to do, but Chrome and Firefox are both just behind Safari’s Speedometer score.

Safari is now faster than ever. Apple might have finally agreed to allow things like game streaming apps into the App Store but there are still plenty of apps that are only available via web-based alternatives in Safari.

Apple’s WebKit team has published a new blog post this week detailing how they’ve made significant upgrades to Safari’s