Microsoft's new Chrome-based Edge Browser is ready for Mac and Windows

Microsoft's new Chrome-based Edge Browser is ready for Mac and Windows

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Those of you who want to try the latest Edge browser can now download it directly from Microsoft for Windows (7, 8, 8.1 and 10), macOS, iOS and Android. This also marks a milestone for the Redmond-based tech company: Edge is now based on Chromium, the open-source browser software that powers Google's own Chrome browser.

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While a pre-Chromium Edge browser has been available as a beta version for Mac since May 2019, this is the first new version that works across all major operating systems (minus Linux, so far).

Microsoft promises more privacy, transparency and control over your data with Chromium Edge, and adds Defender SmartScreen to protect users from things like phishing and malware.

There are also already a bunch of add-ons for the new Edge, and if you're using it on Windows, you'll be able to stream Netflix in 4K Ultra HD too. Coming soon is a new feature called Collections, which integrates with Office 365 "to collect, organize, share, and export web content to Word or Excel."