Joe Belfiore confirms the rumors: Microsoft is indeed working on a new Chromium-based browser

It was the news a few days ago. They had managed to have access to a code snippet in a Windows 10 SDK and when investigating it, it left on the air what at that time was the possible future of Microsoft Edge : and it wasn't exactly flattering.

And we haven't had to wait even a week to know, officially, what are Microsoft's plans for its brand new web browserDespite the efforts to give it potential so that it could stand up to Chrome and Firefox, the American company seems to definitely throw in the towel with the model used.The rumor is confirmed.

Joe Belfiore was in charge of confirming that what had leaked was something more than a rumor With mastery he gave it a brush of reality by making official, through the Windows Blog, that Microsoft Edge will adopt Chromium technology. We see again the Belfiore that is not shy about announcing truths, even though they may be uncomfortable.

According to Belfiore, the goal in taking this step is to create a better web environment with a more compatible browser and better integration with other solutionsRight now Edge offered problems with some web pages that were nevertheless fully functional with Chromium-based browsers. In this way, they follow the formula that they already use with the Android version of Edge, which does use Chromium.

In this way the EdgeHMTL engine is relegated to ostracism They have ended up succumbing to reality and that is that nobody wanted to know anything about Edge and Despite the efforts, the distances with Chrome and Firefox were increasing. With this twist, on the one hand, they will try to convince users to use the new browser they launch on the market and, on the other, end fragmentation.

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Belfiore has also highlighted that with the changes made they hope to reach more platforms, ensuring that we could even see a future version of Microsoft Edge for macOS or even in previous versions of Windows. It is one more example of the new policy adopted by the American company that suddenly seems to have discovered open source _software_, with which they established a strong friendship."

The road is still long and the task is arduous if they want to offer, once and for all, a browser up to the task that manages to attract potential users and encourage them to make the leap from Chrome or Firefox.They hope to have the first build of the new browser in early 2019 and early Insiders can begin testing it before releasing it generally.

Source | Windows Blog