Microsoft Edge is a web browser released for Windows 10, installed alongside Internet Explorer (IE) 11. Edge is designed to be the replacement web browser to IE, as IE is slated to cease development after IE 11. Edge uses the EdgeHTML layout engine (a fork of Trident) and Chakra Javascript engine.
Microsoft Edge is a free web browser developed by Microsoft, come as the default browser on windows-10, windows-10-mobile, and xbox-one. It began using a proprietary layout engine, EdgeHTML, forked from the Trident layout engine, designed to provide better support for emerging web standards. However, with the Edge 79 release, Microsoft is switching to blink browser engine with v8 JavaScript engine (developed under chromium project)
Microsoft Edge includes built-in support for voice assistance (through Cortana) and cloud storage integration (through OneDrive).
Platform:
Microsoft Edge is available for:
- Windows 10
- Windows 10 mobile
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 8
- Windows 7
- macOS
- iOS
- Android
