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The State of Web Performance in 2026
Core Web Vitals raised the floor. Edge rendering, partial hydration, and INP are now what separate fast sites from forgettable ones.
Evolve Editorial · February 26, 2026 · 7 min read
INP is the new LCP
Google replaced First Input Delay with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) in March 2024. INP measures the full latency of every interaction across a page's lifetime — a much harsher and more honest signal than FID. Optimizing INP forces teams to think hard about long tasks, hydration cost, and main-thread work.
Edge + streaming is the new default
Frameworks like Next.js, TanStack Start, Astro, and Remix have made edge rendering and streaming SSR table stakes. The combination of geographic proximity and incremental HTML delivery routinely cuts time-to-content by 40-70% versus traditional server rendering.
