Just like its Windows 10 counterpart, Edge for macOS is available in two versions: Dev and Canary. For those eager for a Chromium-based browsing experience that isn’t tied to Google, here’s how to get up and running with Edge for Mac. Now, even though Microsoft has yet to make an official announcement, Edge for Mac has arrived thanks to Twitter user and frequent Microsoft-leaker WalkingCat. The new Edge launched in preview mode last month, but only for Windows 10, with Windows 7, 8, and macOS versions promised for later. And that’s exactly the path that Microsoft chose, announcing support for each of those operating systems. A Chromium-based Edge could theoretically run just as well on the still popular Windows 7, Windows 8, or even macOS. The original version of Edge was limited not just to Windows, but to Windows 10 specifically. Switching to Chromium would allow Microsoft to immediately solve any compatibility issues that EdgeHTML encountered as well as open up its browser to support for Chrome-based extensions, all while having the ability to design the browser’s look and feel in its own style.Īnother benefit of adopting Chromium is multi-platform support. Abandoning this failing strategy, Microsoft chose to adopt Chromium, the open source browser engine that forms the basis of Google Chrome and several other smaller browsers.
