Google Chrome uses the same browser engine, so adopting Chromium guarantees Edge greater web compatibility. But being based on the Chromium engine does give Microsoft Edge an advantage coming into unfamiliar territory. Safari runs like a charm on the Mac with great performance and battery life. But how does it stack against Apple's own native Safari browser for macOS? And rather surprisingly, Microsoft Edge is now also available on the Mac. After ditching the old EdgeHTML engine in favor of Chromium, it has finally started to gain serious traction.
A while back, Microsoft Edge was just the default Windows 10 web browser.