Browser Names > Edge WebView2
Edge WebView2
- Developer: Microsoft
- Development Status: Active
- Released: 2019
- Platforms: Windows, Android
- Type: Browser
- Rendering Engine: Blink
Overview
Edge WebView2 is Microsoft's embedded web control powered by the Chromium-based Edge runtime.
Related Browsers
UAParser.js separates Microsoft's legacy, current, mobile, and embedded browser identities:
| Browser | Description |
|---|---|
IE | Microsoft's legacy browser, replaced by Edge. |
IE Mobile | The former mobile version of Internet Explorer. |
Edge | Microsoft's browser that replaced Internet Explorer. |
Edge WebView | The embedded web control from the legacy Edge platform. |
Edge WebView2 | The modern web control powered by the Edge Chromium runtime. |
User-Agent Examples
Android
sh
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; SM-G991B Build/RP1A.200720.012; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/91.0.4472.120 Mobile Safari/537.36 EdgW/1.0Code Example
js
import { UAParser } from 'ua-parser-js';
import { BrowserName } from 'ua-parser-js/enums';
const parser = new UAParser();
const ua = 'Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; SM-G991B Build/RP1A.200720.012; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/91.0.4472.120 Mobile Safari/537.36 EdgW/1.0';
const browser = parser.setUA(ua).getBrowser();
console.log(browser);
// {name: "Edge WebView2", version: "91.0.4472.120", major: "91", type: "inapp"}
console.log(browser.is(BrowserName.EDGE_WEBVIEW2));
// true