Microsoft confirms Edge switch to Chromium, Windows 7, 8 and macOS support

06 December 2018
Will help increase compatibility with websites and make development work easier on all platforms.

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  • 07 Dec 2018

bj80sbaby, 07 Dec 2018So basically, It will be easier for google to track us. #ma... moreChromium is open source. Stop confusing it with phone. Is it so hard to read?

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    • 07 Dec 2018

    Kangal, 07 Dec 2018What's next, Apple doing the manufacturing for the next Sur... moreMicrosoft has hinted they're working on a bendable tablet and Apple has great pedigree in that field, so why not? :)

      What's next, Apple doing the manufacturing for the next Surface tablets??

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        • 07 Dec 2018

        The main question is will MS remove old browsers like IE & Edge or add 3rd one to existing two! :)

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          • Anonymous
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          • 07 Dec 2018

          Another one bites the dust, first was Opera that got Chromified, next was Firefox that got Chromified, now IE getting Chromified..... Seems like there wont be any diversity when it come to web browsing and Google now dictates how the internet will be.....

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            • 07 Dec 2018

            Moral of the story is that working together in unison is always the best option.

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              Chudo, 06 Dec 2018IE,once one of the worst browsers on windows platform,is no... moreSad thing is that most pages are optimized for Chromium. So even if IE is faster and better, it might not run your website properly. I hope that this change if rendering engine helps MS.

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                • 07 Dec 2018

                Anonymous, 07 Dec 2018I'm sorry, but ditching your old spyware browser and making... moreMozilla is collaborating too to build a native ARM64 Firefox version for ARM powered Windows devices.

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                  • 07 Dec 2018

                  Chudo, 06 Dec 2018IE,once one of the worst browsers on windows platform,is no... moreIt is still suicide. All fun and games with IE Until you click on the wrong thing.

                    Fantastic that it's supporting Windows 7 and 8.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 07 Dec 2018

                      I'm sorry, but ditching your old spyware browser and making a new spyware browser based on Chromium will not make me switch to that new spyware browser.

                      I will stay with Firefox, thank you.

                        So basically, It will be easier for google to track us. #makesSense

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                          • 06 Dec 2018

                          NeonHD, 06 Dec 2018So basically Edge is Google Chrome now but with Microsoft's... moreActually,edge is robbed of many features and settings you have in IE,so it belongs in group with chrome and firefox,cluttered with tracking and ads and data collection software that imposes on you as soon as you open them,thus eating 80% of your bandwith,and loading ads long before showing you the actuall content you were looking for.I hate them so much.Once,long ago,the 168kb/s and Mozilla firefox v1 or v2 was blazing fast and flawless on my first PC (protected with kaspersky or some other av software ofcourse).So,you know what's up...

                            So basically Edge is Google Chrome now but with Microsoft's Edge UI on top of it. Honestly that's great, two decades worth of scorn towards IE and now Edge has finally taught Microsoft a valuable lesson NOT to use Trident as their browser engine.

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                              • 06 Dec 2018

                              Edge looks to be the only way to properly get 4K HDR videos from YouTube right now. Hope the new version doesn't break this

                                Chudo, 06 Dec 2018IE,once one of the worst browsers on windows platform,is no... moreThank goodness someone else see's what I see.
                                IE is actually a great browser. Chrome was great when it was light and new, now it's a pig and nowhere near as fast.
                                And for Firefox, it's quite fast when it finishes installing updates every time I open it up but by the time the update is installed I've already finished with IE.

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                                  • 06 Dec 2018

                                  IE,once one of the worst browsers on windows platform,is now the best.People have just forgot about it because it's hidden in win10,but if you compare performance with Mozilla and chrome,I see much less glitches,much less resources used,and it's faster

                                    One of the best moves from MS. Edge for Android already works in Chromium and it works great!