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Google’s Core Web Vitals is changing. This set of metrics, first introduced in 2021 to measure user experience, is getting arguably the biggest update since its launch.

Specifically, Google is replacing First Input Delay (FID) with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) in March 2024.

So what is Interaction to Next Paint, how does it compare to FID, and how can you improve it? In this post, I’ll reveal all.

If you’re ready to improve your site’s user experience, let’s get started.

What Is Interaction to Next Paint (INP)?

Googling “INP meaning?” You’re probably not alone. Let’s start by defining exactly what this new metric is and how it works.

Interaction to Next Paint (INP) is a responsiveness metric from Google that measures how fast your page responds to human input. Specifically, it measures the amount of time that elapses between a user’s input (them clicking a button, for instance) and when the page’s content refreshes.

Or, if you’re looking for Google’s definition:

“INP assesses responsiveness using data from the Event Timing API. When an interaction causes a page to become unresponsive, that is a poor user experience. INP observes the latency of all interactions a user has made with the page, and reports a single value which all (or nearly all) interactions were below. A low INP means the page was...



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