Can the new Microsoft Edge really dethrone Google Chrome? (poll)

Yesterday, Microsoft released the first public preview builds of its new Chromium-powered version of Edge. And it was positively received. Microsoft Edge hasn't really received this kind of positive printing coverage earlier, ever, with people online calling it faster than Chrome, and incredibly stable for "pre-release" software. The Chromium engine brings with information technology more than than just better web performance; it includes the stability and security of a platform that'due south been in the works with the open-source community for more than than a decade.

When the new Edge browser leaked a couple of weeks ago, a few people tried it out, just otherwise, no one exterior of the Microsoft sphere really cared. I even wrote a piece suggesting that this version of Edge might finally compete with Chrome. Today, at present that Microsoft has shipped preview builds publicly, a lot more people are interested, and these initial previews are nada to scoff at. I've seen plenty of tweets online from people maxim that they've switched from Chrome or even outright uninstalled it to use the pre-release version of Edge as their main browser.

Of class, it'due south all the same early days, then it's not a definitive "win" for Edge just nevertheless. Chrome is the dominant browser, and it likely will be for years. Withal, the new Edge is already proving itself to be a real contender, because it really is just like Chrome, but if Microsoft had made it instead of Google. Make loyalty exists, simply I don't think brand loyalty is what got Chrome popular. I think it got pop because people were told it's the best, and not because they prefer Google over Microsoft.

Chrome bundled with Windows 10

For a lot of people, the fewer programs they must download every time they gear up a PC for the get-go time, the amend. If Windows 10 came with Chrome preinstalled, the globe would weep out in cheer. Well, that's precisely what's happening now that Edge is congenital on Chromium. Microsoft is essentially bundling a Chrome browser with Windows 10, except without all the Google stuff. Of course, if you're tied into the Google ecosystem, it makes sense to continue using Chrome, simply if not, at that place's little reason not to use Edge instead.

And information technology's not like the new Edge is just "Chrome in disguise," either, because Microsoft is making some real changes to the browser to differentiate the user experience. Web functioning and browser stability should be the aforementioned across Edge and Chrome, just Microsoft is working to differentiate Edge with surface-level features and unique selling points. Microsoft has already named several Chromium-related things that information technology's thrown out for Edge, because information technology either doesn't need them or plans to rebuild them with a Microsoft twist.

The other advantage is that since Microsoft owns Windows 10, arguably the almost popular desktop platform effectually, Microsoft tin tie the new Edge into the Os in many more ways. That could be done in big means, similar bundling it as the default browser, and in smaller ways that users might not necessarily fifty-fifty realize, similar having the browser but communicate with Microsoft services and not Google.

Your thoughts on the new Edge vs. Chrome

I am genuinely curious what people think almost the outlook of the modern "browser wars." Can Microsoft really have back the crown from Google? I call up information technology can, at least when information technology comes to desktop browser market share. This won't happen overnight, of class, but if this positive press continues, word will spread that Edge is at least worth a effort. And that could exist the foot in the door that Microsoft actually needs.

Just what do you think? Vote in our poll, cheque out the results, then drop usa a annotate with specifics.

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