Microsoft will build on its own Chromium to replace the Edge

Η Microsoft is building its own Chromium browser to 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 its other counterparts like Chrome, 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 work with the Google to support a version of Chrome on an ARM-based Windows OS.

Adopting Chromium as the default rendering engine for Windows 10 will put an end to Microsoft's hostility to Chrome. Recall that Microsoft has often sent alerts to Windows 10 users to persuade them not to use Chrome, and that it withdrew the Chrome installer from the Windows Store because it violated Store policies.