I even used the original Microsoft Edge, launched in 2015. It used Microsoft’s own proprietary rendering engine and the Chakra JavaScript engine. It was sluggish, and lacked extension support.

While the original Microsoft Edge browser features acrylic-looking effects and highlights throughout the experience, the new Chromium version of Edge removes that. Coming from Chrome, I felt right ...

Microsoft Edge, explained. The current version of Edge was built on what's called a "Chromium" browser. This means that it can run hundreds of extensions that were originally meant for Google ...

For the third time this year, Microsoft is touting the performance improvements its made to the Edge user interface.

Windows 7 and 8 support will also end for Microsoft Edge Webview2, which can use Edge's rendering engine to embed webpages in non-Edge apps. ... around a decade after its original release.

Microsoft has been struggling to get people to use its Edge browser for years. Even though the company made Edge the default browser in Windows 10, users left in droves, most of them flocking to ...