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Microsoft Edge
Also known as: Anaheim (code name)
2020 – present
Active
90
Microsoft's browser rebuilt on Chromium in 2020, the default on Windows. The second most used desktop browser.
Facts
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Website
- www.microsoft.com
- Engines
- Derived from
- Chromium
- Platforms
- Details
- Android and iOS since November 2017 (Blink on Android, WebKit on iOS), before the desktop switched to Chromium in 2020; Xbox since the September 2021 system update; visionOS. Windows 10 Mobile, HoloLens and Xbox (2015–2021, EdgeHTML): see “Microsoft Edge (Legacy)”
- Popularity
- 90/100
Lineage
- See also
- Microsoft Edge (Legacy)
Key versions
- Android / iOSBlink (Android), WebKit (iOS)First mobile Edge apps, syncing with Windows and using each platform's native engine.[1]
- Canary / DevBlinkFirst public preview builds of the Chromium-based Edge (codename “Anaheim”) for Windows 10.[1]
- Preview macOSFirst macOS preview builds: a Microsoft browser on the Mac for the first time in 13 years.[1]
- 79Stable release of the new Chromium-based Edge for Windows (7 and later) and macOS, in more than 90 languages.[2]
- Dev LinuxFirst preview build for Linux.[1]
- 95Edge for Linux reaches the stable channel.[3]
- 109Last version for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012; version 110 requires Windows 10.[4]
- 116Launch of Edge for Business, separating work and personal browsing.[1]
- 128Drops support for CPUs lacking the SSE3 instruction set.[1]
- 152Moves to a two-week major release cycle (with an eight-week Extended Stable option).[5]
- 156Latest stable release to date.[5]