The days of shipping 200MB of browser DLLs with your app are over. The days of worrying about your users running IE11 inside your LOB app are over. The is here, quietly running on over a billion Windows devices, waiting for your next great hybrid application.
The "Evergreen" model represents a shift toward a more secure, collaborative ecosystem. By leveraging , you stop being a "browser maintainer" and go back to being an "app developer." You get the power of Chromium with the ease of a system-managed service. evergreen webview2
The term "Evergreen" refers to a software component that updates itself automatically. In the context of WebView2, the is a system-wide installation that Microsoft maintains. When you use the Evergreen WebView2: The days of shipping 200MB of browser DLLs
| Feature | Evergreen | Fixed Version | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Automatic security updates | Yes (Microsoft) | No (You handle) | | App installer size | Small | Large | | Disk usage (per app) | Shared (~1 copy) | Duplicated (N copies) | | Control over version | Low (Microsoft decides) | Total (You decide) | | Works offline (air-gapped) | Requires pre-install | Yes (bundled) | | No admin rights required | No (system-wide) | Yes (app-local) | The "Evergreen" model represents a shift toward a