Google Chrome Silverlight __exclusive__ < 2026 >

| Reason | Details | |--------|---------| | | Silverlight used NPAPI (Netscape Plugin API). Google killed NPAPI in 2015 for security, performance, and stability reasons. | | Modern web standards | HTML5, WebAssembly, and CSS3 replaced what Silverlight did (video, animations, rich apps). | | End of Microsoft support | Silverlight reached end of life on October 12, 2021 . No security or feature updates. | | Industry abandonment | Netflix, Amazon Prime, and major sites dropped Silverlight years ago. |

Here is the breakdown of the situation and the only available workarounds if you are required to use Silverlight legacy software. google chrome silverlight

If you try to load a Silverlight app in Chrome today, you’ll see a broken plugin icon or a prompt to install Silverlight — but installing it will not help. | Reason | Details | |--------|---------| | |