This will be the first time Microsoft has supported an internet browser for Apple computers since Internet Explorer for Mac got its final update in 2003. Edge was introduced in 2015 as the successor to Internet Explorer.Īccording to a blog by Windows Corporate VP Joe Belfiore, Microsoft also plans to release versions of Edge for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Apple's MacOS. It's official: Microsoft Edge, the default web browser on Windows 10, will be moving over in the next year to support the Google-born Chromium web engine. It also means that Microsoft will work with Google and others to improve Chromium, meaning that some underlying Edge technology could start popping up in Chrome and other browsers.Microsoft Edge will also be released for Windows 7, Windows 8, and notably, Apple MacOS.This could fix a big annoyance with Microsoft Edge, namely the fact that some websites don't work properly in the browser.

Microsoft is ditching its own web engine, and instead moving to the Google-created Chromium standard, which powers the market-leading Google Chrome.Microsoft is making a big shift to its strategy with Microsoft Edge, the default browser in Windows 10, and the successor to Internet Explorer.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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