It was first released for Windows 10 and Xbox One in 2015, for Android and iOS in 2017, for macOS in 2019, and as a preview for Linux in October 2020, and can replace Internet Explorer on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 but unlike IE, this browser does not support Windows Vista or an earlier version.Įdge was initially built with Microsoft's own proprietary browser engine EdgeHTML and their Chakra JavaScript engine, a version now referred to as Microsoft Edge Legacy. Microsoft Edge is a cross-platform web browser created and developed by Microsoft.
Proprietary software, based on open source components, a component of Windows 10.
Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S system software Linux (specifically Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE distributions)
