

You’ll want to test it yourself to be sure how it behaves, but I’ll explain as much as I can below. The end result was consistently having WebView2 installed for all users and the updated Quick Assist app working for Standard users (and admins). I’ve tested this method on the 64-bit versions of Windows 10 20H2 (19042), 21H2 (19044) and Windows 11 (22000) from fresh installs off the ISO going through Autopilot, and with devices that were already deployed and managed with Intune. Well, except for maybe running the app itself if and when they ever need your help. Microsoft is rolling it out only for consumer devices and for now, it is evaluating the rollout only for managed devices or those connected to an enterprise domain.I’ll show you how to deploy the new Quick Assist app from the Store, along with the WebView2 runtime that is required for it to work, all without your users needing to do anything. Microsoft will roll out the runtime in progressively larger waves as it monitors data and feedback. “The WebView2 runtime and the Microsoft Edge browser are “hard-linked” together, meaning they only occupy a product’s disk space when they are on the same version. Zhu says the WebView runtime rollout will have “minimal disk space impact” on end-user devices. Managed devices are not included in the rollout.” “With the rollout, we plan to cover consumer devices with updates for Home and Pro OS versions of Windows 10 April 2018 or later. “Once we complete the WebView 2 runtime rollout, developers can more reliably rely on the presence of WebView 2 on consumer devices with Windows 10 or later, in addition to all Windows 11 devices, for WebView 2 app deployments.” make it more simple.

“Redistributable Runtime Deployment allows developers to use WebView2 on devices that did not yet have runtimes, but comes with increased development costs and has been a pain point for WebView2 developers,” on Microsoft Edge Senior PM Manager, Limin Zhu explains.


Microsoft says more than 400 million Windows 10 devices now have WebView2, thanks to the developers who distribute WebView2 applications.īut now Microsoft wants to bring WebView2 to more Windows 10 devices, including those running the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, to ease the workload on developers.
