Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10 v1607 and later offers a feature that can make web pages load faster. To activate this feature, you will have to enable TCP Fast Open, which is an extension of the TCP Protocol that enables data exchange during TCP’s initial handshake. When TCP Fast Open is enabled, data can be sent before the connection completes, so that responses will arrive much faster.
Fast Open protocol is a new mechanism that enables data exchange during TCP’s initial handshake. In doing so, TCP Fast Open decreases application network latency by one full round-trip time, decreasing the delay experienced by such short TCP transfers, says Google.
Enable TCP Fast Open in Edge to make it faster
TCP Fast Open is a new experimental feature of Microsoft Edge (Legacy). It can speed up Edge’s page loading time by over 10% – and which could go up to 40%!
To enable this feature, launch Edge browser, type about:flags in the address bar and hit Enter to open the browser’s Developers settings.
Scroll down till you see Enable TCP Fast Open and select the checkbox.
Having done this, restart Edge and see if loading of web pages is faster for you. We would love to hear if this made a difference for you.
