The new Edge has many of the same features as Chrome because it uses the same code base. If you can’t beat ’em join ’em, right? Microsoft started working on a Chromium-based version of Edge in late 2018, launching the first stable versions in early 2020. It offered better browsing battery life compared with Chrome on Windows machines, but Microsoft couldn’t convince people to forget Chrome’s speed and compatibility. The version of Edge that shipped with Windows 10 was built from Microsoft technology with the EdgeHTML engine. Microsoft is promoting Edge in the Windows 10 UI when you try to use another browser.
With the new Edge on everyone’s PCs, how can the company get them to use it? The new Edge seems to be borrowing a page from the old Edge’s playbook. Microsoft is full-speed ahead with the new Chromium-based Edge browser, having recently started a wide rollout via Windows Update.
