WebKit
WebKit powers Safari and every browser on iOS (Apple's App Store rule requires all iOS browsers to use WebKit). It's also the engine behind GNOME Web and Orion. WebKit changes directly impact over a billion iPhone and iPad users.
๐ Recent WebKit / Safari Releases
๐ Browsers using WebKit
All iOS browsers use WebKit under the hood. On desktop, Safari and Orion are native WebKit browsers.
+ every iOS browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc. all use WebKit on iOS)
Deep Dives & Changelogs
What Changed in WebKit: Safari 18.3
Safari 18.3 is a stability-focused release with 23 bug fixes, 1 deprecation, and Genmoji support in WKWebView on macOS โ fixing View Transitions, text-box, scrollbars, pointer events, and more.
What Changed in WebKit: Safari 18.2
Safari 18.2 lands 61 new features and 111 bug fixes โ including cross-document View Transitions, text-box trim, WASM GC, background-clip: border-area, scrollbar-width, Float16Array, HTTPS by default, and Genmoji.
What Changed in WebKit: Safari 18.1
Safari 18.1 brings Apple Intelligence to the web with AI-powered summaries in Reader and Writing Tools, plus important bug fixes across accessibility, CSS, media, and security.
What Changed in WebKit: Safari 18.0
Safari 18.0 ships 53 new web platform features, 25 deprecations, and 209 bug fixes โ including View Transitions, Style Queries, WebXR on visionOS, content-visibility, and the end of JPEG2000.