More and more, it's Google's web, and we're just living in it. Some bemoan the loss of Microsoft's independent influence, but the practical reality is that it held minimal sway.
Those allies collaborate with Google, but Google still holds outsized influence compared with the remaining browser engines, Mozilla's Firefox and Apple's Safari. Shifting to Chromium - a decision already made by developers of Samsung, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera and others - adds even more influence to Google's vision for the web. Microsoft isn't yet pushing the software to your PC. 'The new Microsoft Edge is now available to download on all supported versions of Windows and MacOS in more than 90 languages,' Joe Belfiore, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Windows, said in a blog post. The new version of the browser has a different logo - a circular crashing wave tinted blue, green and aqua that's reminiscent of the old blue IE 'e' icon. Using Chromium resolves those compatibility problems.
The new version of Edge marks a fundamental change in the browser: a shift to Chromium, Google's open-source foundation for the Chrome browser.
