Aside says its upcoming build is nearly 2x faster — and beats Chrome in Speedometer

If you’ve been following PiunikaWeb’s coverage on Aside lately, you’ve probably already noticed that Aside’s team has been shipping new updates left and right to iron out some kinks and improve the user experience. But there has always been one sticking point: speed.

Now the team says it has cracked that too. Dora Lee, co-founder and CTO of Aside, posted a side-by-side comparison on X showing the current Stable version next to an unreleased Canary build, and the difference between the two is pretty clear. Check out the clip below for reference:

I think I finally made @AsideAI as fast as Chrome 💀

Left: current Stable
Right: unreleased Canary

Nearly 2x faster, even with Liquid Glass. In BrowserBench Speedometer, it now matches Chrome and sometimes scores slightly higher.
Aside ≥ Chrome > Helium > Arc ≈ Dia > old… pic.twitter.com/JhYHrSb8Gf

— Dora Lee (@dora_lee_1344) August 10, 2026

In the post, Lee says, “I think I finally made @AsideAI as fast as Chrome,” adding that the new build is “nearly 2x faster, even with Liquid Glass.”

This is the same browser I once called basically what Comet and Dia should have been, even while flagging the lag as its weakest spot. So if this post is indeed an indication of what’s to come next, then Aside is on the right track.

According to Lee, the Canary build now matches Chrome in BrowserBench Speedometer and sometimes edges slightly ahead. She even shared a rough ranking, putting the new Aside at or above Chrome, then Helium, with Arc and Dia roughly tied behind, and the old Aside trailing at the bottom.

Co-founder Chanhee reshared the clip on X to show off the comparison.

That said, this is not the first time the team has leaned on speed as a selling point either, since they recently claimed the browser had already become faster, lighter, and quicker to keep up with Chromium.

Now, I want to be clear about what this actually is. These are founder-posted numbers from a build that has not shipped yet, run on their own machine, not independent testing. Benchmarks in a demo video and real-world browsing with dozens of tabs open are two very different things, so I would hold off on treating the Chrome comparison as settled.

Still, I can’t ignore the fact that the pace has been relentless, from borrowing one of Arc’s best features with profile switching to teasing a Windows launch this August, well ahead of Dia.

If the Canary numbers hold up once it reaches everyone, the one complaint that kept me from fully recommending Aside might finally be gone. I will be testing it properly once the update is live.

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