Silverlight never gained traction on mobile devices (iOS and Android), making it obsolete in a "mobile-first" world. Can You Still Run Silverlight in Chrome?

Microsoft Silverlight is a discontinued web application platform that was used to create multimedia-rich web applications and browser plugins. Google Chrome, on the other hand, is a popular web browser that is widely used today. In this piece, we'll examine the compatibility of Silverlight with Google Chrome.

The future of web development lies in open standards, HTML5, and JavaScript-based technologies. As Chrome and other browsers continue to evolve, we can expect to see:

However, the "Silverlight Chrome" partnership hit a permanent roadblock in . With the release of Chrome 45, Google officially dropped support for NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface). NPAPI was the aging architecture that allowed Silverlight, Java, and Flash to run inside the browser. Google cited security risks, frequent crashes, and increased code complexity as the primary reasons for its removal Chromium Blog. Why Chrome Stopped Supporting Silverlight

In 2015, Chrome version 42 and later blocked all NPAPI plugins by default, including Silverlight. This move effectively ended Chrome's support for Silverlight.