An updated Microsoft Edge feature will increase Windows 11 performance 🌐

Microsoft Edge’s most recent release is expected to include a new disk caching feature that, according to the company, will significantly improve performance while reducing storage requirements.

Browsers employ disk caches to store online resources so they can be rapidly retrieved later if necessary. The bigger the cache, the more likely it is that the resource being sought can be acquired from the disk, which is frequently faster than fetched via the network.

However, a large cache runs the danger of slowing down the entire machine more noticeably, especially on systems with limited disc space.

According to Microsoft, the new function would automatically compress disk caches on select devices, which will ostensibly reduce the amount of disk space required to store the cached content.

According to Microsoft, the contents of these caches are frequently extremely compressible, therefore compression increases the possibility that the requested resource may be obtained from the disk.

The tech giant claimed that in order to guarantee that the compression will be advantageous without impairing performance, the new function will only be automatically applied to devices that pass its eligibility checks.

The function will be available in Microsoft Edge 102, which is about to be released to customers and comes with a variety of improvements and new features.

Although Google Chrome has long been the more popular browser, Microsoft Edge’s user base has been growing, at least in some areas.

Microsoft Edge surpassed Google Chrome’s 33.01 percent market share in a study by TechRadar Pro and Perimeter 81. Microsoft Edge is now the favorite web browser of 37.77 percent of enterprises.

Microsoft has consistently been active when it comes to adding new functionality to the browser.