diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d2e87ae864..f568a86ab1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ Bottom level categories:
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+#### 'wgpu::Instance::enumerate_adapters` is now `async` & available on WebGPU
+
+Making `enumerate_adapters` async allows custom backends to use it along with elimnating some native/non-native distinctions
+
+This is a breaking change
+
+```diff
+- pub fn enumerate_adapters(&self, backends: Backends) -> Vec<Adapter> {
++ pub fn enumerate_adapters(&self, backends: Backends) -> impl Future<Output = Vec<Adapter>> {
+
+```
+
+By @R-Cramer4 in [#8230](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/8230)
+
 ## v27.0.2 (2025-10-03)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
@@ -175,7 +189,6 @@ by if the `Feature::MULTI_DRAW_INDIRECT_COUNT` feature is available on the devic
 
 By @cwfitzgerald in [#8162](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/8162).
 
-
 #### `wgpu::PollType::Wait` has now an optional timeout
 
 We removed `wgpu::PollType::WaitForSubmissionIndex` and added fields to `wgpu::PollType::Wait` in order to express timeouts.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ac6df3d5d5..9e734d1ade8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
-version = "0.6.20"
+version = "0.6.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ae563653d1938f79b1ab1b5e668c87c76a9930414574a6583a7b7e11a8e6192"
+checksum = "43d5b281e737544384e969a5ccad3f1cdd24b48086a0fc1b2a5262a26b8f4f4a"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "anstyle-parse",
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@ checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.39"
+version = "1.2.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e1354349954c6fc9cb0deab020f27f783cf0b604e8bb754dc4658ecf0d29c35f"
+checksum = "e1d05d92f4b1fd76aad469d46cdd858ca761576082cd37df81416691e50199fb"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "jobserver",
@@ -1438,9 +1438,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "find-msvc-tools"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ced73b1dacfc750a6db6c0a0c3a3853c8b41997e2e2c563dc90804ae6867959"
+checksum = "0399f9d26e5191ce32c498bebd31e7a3ceabc2745f0ac54af3f335126c3f24b3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fixedbitset"
@@ -5012,6 +5012,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "hashbrown 0.16.0",
  "pico-args",
+ "pollster",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "wgpu",
diff --git a/examples/features/src/utils.rs b/examples/features/src/utils.rs
index 5d2913c185a..94bbdb83824 100644
--- a/examples/features/src/utils.rs
+++ b/examples/features/src/utils.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_adapter_with_capabilities_or_from_env(
             );
         adapter
     } else {
-        let adapters = instance.enumerate_adapters(Backends::all());
+        let adapters = instance.enumerate_adapters(Backends::all()).await;
 
         let mut chosen_adapter = None;
         for adapter in adapters {
diff --git a/examples/standalone/custom_backend/src/custom.rs b/examples/standalone/custom_backend/src/custom.rs
index 3082be20b5f..7b2403611eb 100644
--- a/examples/standalone/custom_backend/src/custom.rs
+++ b/examples/standalone/custom_backend/src/custom.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ impl InstanceInterface for CustomInstance {
     fn wgsl_language_features(&self) -> wgpu::WgslLanguageFeatures {
         unimplemented!()
     }
+
+    fn enumerate_adapters(
+        &self,
+        _backends: wgpu::Backends,
+    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn wgpu::custom::EnumerateAdapterFuture>> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/tests/src/init.rs b/tests/src/init.rs
index 38073fa1b39..2c14010ef29 100644
--- a/tests/src/init.rs
+++ b/tests/src/init.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub async fn initialize_adapter(
 
     cfg_if::cfg_if! {
         if #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))] {
-            let adapter_iter = instance.enumerate_adapters(backends);
+            let adapter_iter = instance.enumerate_adapters(backends).await;
             let adapter = adapter_iter.into_iter()
                 // If we have a report, we only want to match the adapter with the same info.
                 //
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pub async fn initialize_adapter(
                 panic!(
                     "Could not find adapter with info {:#?} in {:#?}",
                     adapter_report.map(|r| &r.info),
-                    instance.enumerate_adapters(backends).into_iter().map(|a| a.get_info()).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                    instance.enumerate_adapters(backends).await.into_iter().map(|a| a.get_info()).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
                 );
             };
         } else {
diff --git a/wgpu-info/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-info/Cargo.toml
index 56ddf860bfa..720e06c9382 100644
--- a/wgpu-info/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-info/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ bitflags.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
 hashbrown = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 pico-args.workspace = true
+pollster.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
 wgpu.workspace = true
diff --git a/wgpu-info/src/report.rs b/wgpu-info/src/report.rs
index ed0f1691486..fa0522b2bef 100644
--- a/wgpu-info/src/report.rs
+++ b/wgpu-info/src/report.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ impl GpuReport {
             desc.flags = wgpu::InstanceFlags::debugging();
             desc.with_env()
         });
-        let adapters = instance.enumerate_adapters(wgpu::Backends::all());
+
+        let adapters = pollster::block_on(instance.enumerate_adapters(wgpu::Backends::all()));
 
         let mut devices = Vec::with_capacity(adapters.len());
         for adapter in adapters {
diff --git a/wgpu/src/api/instance.rs b/wgpu/src/api/instance.rs
index b9decd59603..77b70f51c7a 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/api/instance.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/api/instance.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#[cfg(wgpu_core)]
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 use core::future::Future;
 
@@ -142,23 +141,18 @@ impl Instance {
     /// # Arguments
     ///
     /// - `backends` - Backends from which to enumerate adapters.
-    #[cfg(wgpu_core)]
-    pub fn enumerate_adapters(&self, backends: Backends) -> Vec<Adapter> {
-        let Some(core_instance) = self.inner.as_core_opt() else {
-            return Vec::new();
-        };
-
-        core_instance
-            .enumerate_adapters(backends)
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|adapter| {
-                let core = backend::wgpu_core::CoreAdapter {
-                    context: core_instance.clone(),
-                    id: adapter,
-                };
-                crate::Adapter { inner: core.into() }
-            })
-            .collect()
+    pub fn enumerate_adapters(&self, backends: Backends) -> impl Future<Output = Vec<Adapter>> {
+        let future = self.inner.enumerate_adapters(backends);
+
+        async move {
+            future
+                .await
+                .iter()
+                .map(|adapter| Adapter {
+                    inner: adapter.clone(),
+                })
+                .collect()
+        }
     }
 
     /// Retrieves an [`Adapter`] which matches the given [`RequestAdapterOptions`].
diff --git a/wgpu/src/backend/webgpu.rs b/wgpu/src/backend/webgpu.rs
index 920ad58ba17..4c34042c55d 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/backend/webgpu.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/backend/webgpu.rs
@@ -1569,6 +1569,20 @@ impl dispatch::InstanceInterface for ContextWebGpu {
             ))))
         }
     }
+    fn enumerate_adapters(
+        &self,
+        _backends: crate::Backends,
+    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn dispatch::EnumerateAdapterFuture>> {
+        let future = self.request_adapter(&crate::RequestAdapterOptions::default());
+        let enumerate_future = async move {
+            let adapter = future.await;
+            match adapter {
+                Ok(a) => vec![a],
+                Err(_) => vec![],
+            }
+        };
+        Box::pin(enumerate_future)
+    }
 
     fn poll_all_devices(&self, _force_wait: bool) -> bool {
         // Devices are automatically polled.
diff --git a/wgpu/src/backend/wgpu_core.rs b/wgpu/src/backend/wgpu_core.rs
index 074b1239029..405e4779b70 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/backend/wgpu_core.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/backend/wgpu_core.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ use wgt::{
     WasmNotSendSync,
 };
 
-use crate::util::Mutex;
 use crate::{
     api,
     dispatch::{self, BlasCompactCallback, BufferMappedRangeInterface},
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ use crate::{
     CompilationMessageType, ErrorSource, Features, Label, LoadOp, MapMode, Operations,
     ShaderSource, SurfaceTargetUnsafe, TextureDescriptor, Tlas,
 };
+use crate::{dispatch::DispatchAdapter, util::Mutex};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct ContextWgpuCore(Arc<wgc::global::Global>);
@@ -902,6 +902,24 @@ impl dispatch::InstanceInterface for ContextWgpuCore {
             },
         )
     }
+
+    fn enumerate_adapters(
+        &self,
+        backends: crate::Backends,
+    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn dispatch::EnumerateAdapterFuture>> {
+        let adapters: Vec<DispatchAdapter> = self
+            .enumerate_adapters(backends)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|adapter| {
+                let core = crate::backend::wgpu_core::CoreAdapter {
+                    context: self.clone(),
+                    id: adapter,
+                };
+                core.into()
+            })
+            .collect();
+        Box::pin(ready(adapters))
+    }
 }
 
 impl dispatch::AdapterInterface for CoreAdapter {
diff --git a/wgpu/src/dispatch.rs b/wgpu/src/dispatch.rs
index 8e48f7d593e..ed73932dd87 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/dispatch.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/dispatch.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ trait_alias!(RequestAdapterFuture: Future<Output = Result<DispatchAdapter, wgt::
 trait_alias!(RequestDeviceFuture: Future<Output = Result<(DispatchDevice, DispatchQueue), crate::RequestDeviceError>> + WasmNotSend + 'static);
 trait_alias!(PopErrorScopeFuture: Future<Output = Option<crate::Error>> + WasmNotSend + 'static);
 trait_alias!(ShaderCompilationInfoFuture: Future<Output = crate::CompilationInfo> + WasmNotSend + 'static);
+trait_alias!(EnumerateAdapterFuture: Future<Output = Vec<DispatchAdapter>> + WasmNotSend + 'static);
 
 // We can't use trait aliases here, as you can't convert from a dyn Trait to dyn Supertrait _yet_.
 #[cfg(send_sync)]
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ pub trait InstanceInterface: CommonTraits {
 
     #[cfg(feature = "wgsl")]
     fn wgsl_language_features(&self) -> crate::WgslLanguageFeatures;
+
+    fn enumerate_adapters(&self, backends: crate::Backends)
+        -> Pin<Box<dyn EnumerateAdapterFuture>>;
 }
 
 pub trait AdapterInterface: CommonTraits {
diff --git a/wgpu/src/util/init.rs b/wgpu/src/util/init.rs
index 527274ebe84..20b058ff80e 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/util/init.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/util/init.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::Backends;
 /// Initialize the adapter obeying the `WGPU_ADAPTER_NAME` environment variable.
 #[cfg(wgpu_core)]
 #[cfg_attr(not(std), expect(unused_variables, unreachable_code))]
-pub fn initialize_adapter_from_env(
+pub async fn initialize_adapter_from_env(
     instance: &Instance,
     compatible_surface: Option<&Surface<'_>>,
 ) -> Result<Adapter, wgt::RequestAdapterError> {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn initialize_adapter_from_env(
         }
     };
 
-    let adapters = instance.enumerate_adapters(crate::Backends::all());
+    let adapters = instance.enumerate_adapters(crate::Backends::all()).await;
 
     let mut chosen_adapter = None;
     for adapter in adapters {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub fn initialize_adapter_from_env(
 
 /// Initialize the adapter obeying the `WGPU_ADAPTER_NAME` environment variable.
 #[cfg(not(wgpu_core))]
-pub fn initialize_adapter_from_env(
+pub async fn initialize_adapter_from_env(
     _instance: &Instance,
     _compatible_surface: Option<&Surface<'_>>,
 ) -> Result<Adapter, wgt::RequestAdapterError> {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub async fn initialize_adapter_from_env_or_default(
     instance: &Instance,
     compatible_surface: Option<&Surface<'_>>,
 ) -> Result<Adapter, wgt::RequestAdapterError> {
-    match initialize_adapter_from_env(instance, compatible_surface) {
+    match initialize_adapter_from_env(instance, compatible_surface).await {
         Ok(a) => Ok(a),
         Err(_) => {
             instance