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These two browser engines aren't controlled by Google or Apple — and that matters more than you think

At first glance, you'd think there are too many web browsers to choose from. It's true for the most part, too. From Google Chrome to Brave and Edge to Firefox, there are more options. It is also why ...
9to5Mac

Apple makes it impossible for developers to test third-party web engines outside the EU

Apple has made significant changes to the App Store guidelines in the European Union in order to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) antitrust legislation. One of these changes allows developers ...
MacRumors

Japan Law Will Require Apple to Allow Non-WebKit Browsers on iPhone

As noted by the not-for-profit Open Web Advocacy groupon Wednesday, Japan's law goes a step further to ensure that there is a viable path for non-WebKit browsers, by preventing Apple from imposing ...
AppleInsider

Apple still effectively blocks rival browser engines on iOS despite EU order

The Open Web Advocacy group claims that despite claiming to allow rival browser engines on the iPhone, Apple has made it impossible for developers to create them. At the end of June 2025, the European ...
The Verge

Where are the iPhone’s WebKit-less browsers?

With the release of the first beta of iOS 18.2 to developers on Wednesday, Apple has published documentation for a new API that will let third-party browsers add web apps to the iPhone Home Screen ...
TechCrunch

A closer look at Apple’s browser-related changes to iOS in EU

The raft of iOS changes Apple dropped in the European Union yesterday, as it prepares for enforcement of the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) to kick in March 7, include some big developments around ...
Forbes

Perplexity’s New Comet Browser Sparks Question: Will AI Replace Search Engines?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. Perplexity on Wednesday unveiled Comet, an AI-powered ...
Techaeris

New Ladybird Browser is being built on an entirely new web engine

The web browser is probably one of the most important tools on your computer, and you’re most likely viewing this article on one built on Chromium. The new Ladybird Browser aims to break free from ...
Nasdaq

Opera welcomes the opening of iOS to other browser engines, announces its plans to give iPhone users a true AI-powered alternative to Safari

- The browser company to ship Opera One, a new AI-centric browser with its own engine, following Apple's DMA announcement OSLO, Norway , Jan. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] welcomes ...
9to5Mac

Apple will prompt users to set default browsers and allow third-party web engines on iPhone in the EU

Apple is making major changes to how web browsers can operate on iPhone for customers in the EU. iOS 17.4 will introduce the option to set your preferred default browser when you initially launch ...
NBC News

AI-powered web browsers want to help people save time. But are they effective?

First they took care of your writing. Now, artificial intelligence systems are looking to do your web browsing for you. A new slate of AI-powered web browsers have come onto the scene, as AI companies ...