Microsoft will build on its own Chromium to replace the Edge

Microsoft is building its own Chromium browser that will replace Edge in Windows 10.

Microsoft first introduced the Edge browser three years ago with the intention of replacing it Internet Explorer and to compete with other similar programs like Chrome, the Firefox etc. While the modern look and feel has transformed Edge for the better, the core browser engine (EdgeHTML) has struggled to compete with its Chromium counterpart. Microsoft is finally giving up and moving the default Windows 10 browser to Chromium.

Microsoft plans to announce plans for a Chromium browser this week in a bid to improve Windows compatibility with the market. The Windows Central reported yesterday these designs, codenamed Anaheim.

Obviously, such a move by Microsoft is the result of a growing frustration within it, with internet compatibility issues as businesses and consumers push the company to make things better. For the record, Microsoft has so far done little with EdgeHTML. Chrome is now the most popular browser on all devices, thanks to the popularity of Android and the rise of Chrome on PCs and Macs. The EdgeHTML rendering engine is behind and the company is finally ready to admit it.

After all, there were signs that Microsoft was going to adopt Chromium in Windows, as the company's engineers are working with Google to support a version of Chrome on an ARM-based Windows operating system.

Adopting Chromium as the default rendering engine for Windows 10 will end Microsoft's hostility towards Chrome. Let's remember that Microsoft has often pushed notifications to Windows 10 users to convince them not to use Chrome and that it has withdrawn the program installationof Chrome from the Windows Store because it violated Store policies.