Topic summary

Microsoft Edge

Preview release(s)

Written inC++, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Rust,
Java (Android only), Swift (iOS/iPadOS/visionOS only)Engines

Android:Blink
iOS/iPadOS/visionOS:WebKit
macOS: Blink
Microsoft Windows: Blink, MSHTML (IE mode for legacy websites)
Linux: Blink
Xbox One: Blink
Xbox Series X/S: Blink

Operating system

Android 10 or later
iOS 18 or later
iPadOS 18 or later
visionOS 1.0 or later
Linux (specifically Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE distributions)
macOS 13 or later
Windows 10 or later
Xbox system software – September 2021 update or later

Platform IA-32, x86-64, ARM32, ARM64Included with

Windows 10 v20H2 or later
Windows 11
Xbox system software – September 2021 update or later

PredecessorMicrosoft Edge Legacy (2015)License Proprietary software, based on an open source projectWebsitemicrosoft.com/edge

Microsoft Edge is a proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft and based on the Chromium open-source project, superseding Edge Legacy. In Windows 11, Edge is the only browser available from Microsoft. However, a bypass is available to open Internet Explorer.

First made available only for Android and iOS in 2017, in late 2018, Microsoft announced it would completely rebuild Edge as a Chromium-based browser with Blink and V8 engines, which allowed the browser to be ported from Windows 10 to macOS and Linux. The new Edge was publicly released in January 2020, and on Xbox as well as Linux in 2021. Edge was also available on Windows 7 and 8/8.1 until early 2023.

By 2022, Edge was used by 11% of PCs worldwide. In February 2023, according to StatCounter, Microsoft Edge became the third most popular browser in the world, behind Safari and Chrome, while as of January 2025, Edge is second most popular PC/desktop web browser with Safari sliding to 3rd place.

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