Microsoft building Chrome-based browser to replace Edge on Windows 10

Dec 4, 2018

It is no secret how miserably Microsoft’s 3-year-old Edge
web browser has failed to compete against Google Chrome despite
substantial investment and continuous improvements.

According to the latest round of tech rumors, Microsoft has
given up on Edge and reportedly building a new
Chromium-based web browser, dubbed project codename
“Anaheim” internally, that will replace Edge on Windows
10 operating system as its new default browser, a journalist at
WindowsCentral learned.
^[1]

Though there is no mention of Project Anaheim on the Microsoft
website as of now (except Anaheim Convention Center at California),
many speculate that the new built-in browser could appear in the
19H1 development cycle of Microsoft’s Insider Preview program.

According to the report, the new browser will be powered by
Blink rendering engine used by Chromium, one that also powers
Google’s Chrome browser, instead of Microsoft’s own EdgeHTML
engine.

Chromium is an open-source Web browser project started by Google
that is popular among web browser developers and also powers
Vivaldi and Opera browsers.

“It’s unknown at this time if Anaheim will use the Edge brand or a
new brand, or if the user interface between Edge and Anaheim is
different. One thing is for sure, however; EdgeHTML is dead,” the
report
said ^[2].

If you are unaware, Microsoft has already been using the Chromium
rendering engine for its Edge browser on Android and iOS devices.

Details on Microsoft’s new Anaheim web browser are still scarce,
and we are waiting to hear more about the project from Microsoft
itself, but Windows Central speculates that we could see the new
browser in action as early as April of next year.

If the rumor is true, Google who celebrated the 10th anniversary
of its Chrome web browser this year will gain an unbeatable
monopoly in the browser market.

References

^{^}
Edge on Windows 10
(thehackernews.com)
^{^}
report said
(www.windowscentral.com)

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Microsoft building Chrome-based browser to replace Edge on Windows 10

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