As such, the Windows App SDK team needs to decouple the things that can be open sourced from the bits of Windows that can't. Pan continues, "We are being thoughtful about resourcing.

This native approach gave the app a performance edge over the web-based version. Now, Meta is returning to WebView2, the Edge framework that wraps apps around the Windows native browser component.

Shift to Web App Means Less Features, More RAM Usage Due to the shift to Microsoft Edge’s WebView2 technology in the latest app, the user interface will feel different at first.

WhatsApp has reportedly replaced its native Windows app with a web-based version in the latest beta update. This means users will now see a user interface similar to WhatsApp Web, requiring ...

Meta has replaced WhatsApp’s native Windows 11 app with a Chromium-based beta web wrapper, which supposedly offers fewer features and is more resource-hungry. This beta app also includes ...