

It was officially announced on April 29, 2015. Support for Firefox and Chrome add-ons.Ĭodenamed " Spartan," the first version of Microsoft Edge was an Internet browser introduced with Microsoft Windows 10 to replace Internet Explorer.


Consequently, it shares many features and menu options with Chrome, but has a different overall structure and aesthetic. This open-source version of the browser (which now ships with Windows 10 and 11) uses the source code from Chromium, the open-source version of Google Chrome. Originally code-named " Anaheim," the current iteration of Microsoft Edge was released in January 2020.
