A brand-new browser engine is coming in 2026 and it matters more than you think

When considering browsers, people generally think of Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, but the real power lies in the engines that run underneath these browsers. The engines ultimately dictate how your browser looks, feels, and what it’s capable of doing on the internet: they are not seen, but they are foundational. Even though we have several browsers, the web currently runs on a handful of engines: Google’s Blink, Apple’s WebKit, and Mozilla’s Gecko, as well as highly divergent forks like Goanna (used by Pale Moon).