Can Edge be an alternative to Chrome? Its arrival on iOS and Android may indicate that in Redmond they do think so

We have talked on different occasions about the role that Microsoft plays with Edge, its browser, the one that came to replace the mythical Internet Explorer A role in a film in which the star is Google Chrome and which in turn is very well supported by Mozilla Firefox. Edge is the third in contention.

And the task of rising to first place is not easy. Although the path they have started is good, in Microsoft Edge we still find important aspects to solve, such as the lack of extensions that allow it to be a real alternative to Chrome and Firefox.This point, however, does not seem to cloud the view of Microsoft, which wants to storm the throne of browsers

And what is the best way to do it? Expand. And do it beyond the Windows ecosystem. And no, we are not going to see Edge on a Mac, but if, for example, we could see it on an iOS device or one with Android, something that we already anticipated at the end of 2016 And it is that since _smartphones_ are the most used device today , Having a good presence in this segment can cause the number of users to inflate

It wouldn't be strange, since Microsoft already has applications and services on both iOS and Android

In this way, remarkable growth is possible and all in a simple way, since complicated tools are not required for the developments, in this case Edge, to be compatible with iOS and AndroidJust use the Project Rome SDK so porting is done natively.

It is searched so for example, if we are viewing a specific website on the mobile, we can continue doing the same on the computer with Windows 10And who says to navigate, says to manage passwords or the history of visits. In short, jumping from the phone to the computer without knowing it. The same thing we can do now with Chrome or Firefox.

It seems that Microsoft's goal is to make this release before the end of the year and thus add another of its products to these platforms in which we remember we find the Office Suite, Bing, Skype…

The battle in this sense would be served if said arrival materializes Chrome would have a tough competitor but at the same time Microsoft would still have a lot work to be done if they want their browser to be a real alternative. If necessary _would you consider using Edge on iOS or Android?_ And on the other hand, on your PC _do you use Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome?_

Source | Frandroid In Xataka | Microsoft Edge, we have (at least) a problem called missing extensions