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Installation

To use WebNN before the Origin Trial  milestone, complete these setup requirements.

Install GPU and NPU drivers for optimal compatibility and performance

Windows OS

IHVsGPU DriverNPU Driver
Intel® Arc™ & Iris® Xe Graphics Intel® Core™ Ultra NPU Driver 
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Enable WebNN

Install the latest Chrome Canary  or Edge Canary 

Search for Enables WebNN API and change it to Enabled

Exit browser

Run WebNN on Windows ML backend (CPU, GPU and NPU)

Window 11, version 24H2 or newer

Install Windows App SDK

Chrome VersionEdge VersionKnown compatible Windows App SDK Version
Canary Canary 1.8.250702007-experimental4 [x64 ] [x86 ] [arm64 ]

Install Execution Providers via the EP Catalog executable file

  1. Visit WebNN Execution Provider Catalog 
  2. Download the ExecutionProviderCatalog.exe 
  3. Run the executable file to install Execution Providers
C:\Users\webnn\Downloads>ExecutionProviderCatalog.exe
Creating dynamic dependency on Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.8-experimental4_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Successfully created package dependency with ID: T:XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
Successfully added package dependency. Package: Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.1.8-experimental4_8000.548.2012.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Package dependency will be automatically cleaned up when process exits
Got default ExecutionProviderCatalog
Found 1 providers
Provider 1:
    Name: OpenVINOExecutionProvider
    Calling EnsureReadyAsync...
    EnsureReadyAsync started successfully
    Waiting for EnsureReadyAsync to complete...
    [SUCCESS] Provider ready successfully
    Library Path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsMLRuntime.Intel.OpenVINO.EP_2025.1.7.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ExecutionProvider\onnxruntime_providers_openvino.dll

The installation time may vary depending on your network speed. The Execution Providers (EPs) to be installed depend on your computer’s hardware configuration.

IHVsExecution ProviderIHVsExecution Provider
Intel OpenVINO EPTBD
TBDTBD

Search for ONNX Runtime backend for WebNN and change it to Enabled

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Run WebNN on LiteRT backend (CPU and GPU)

Windows 11, Windows 10 and Linux

Search for ONNX Runtime backend for WebNN and change it to Disabled

Search for DirectML backend for WebNN and change it to Disabled

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