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"On iOS, we are using the WebKit engine, as provided by iOS in the WKWebView control. That means that from a compatibility perspective, Microsoft Edge for iOS s

by d2kx 9y ago

"On iOS, we are using the WebKit engine, as provided by iOS in the WKWebView control. That means that from a compatibility perspective, Microsoft Edge for iOS should match the version of Safari that is currently available for iOS. On Android, we are using the Blink rendering engine from the Chromium browser project."

bfred_it 9y ago
Source of those statements: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/05/microsoft-edge-ios-android-developer/ https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/05/microsoft-edg...
randomerr 9y ago
So what you really getting is a UI wrapper around the built-in browsers. The only advantage is synced passwords and bookmarks and some Microsoft specific apps.
- plopz 9y ago
  This is the case with all of the browsers on iOS since Apple doesn't allow other rendering engines in the app store.
  - niutech 9y ago
    But not on Android. They could port their engine there, like Mozilla Firefox.
mtgx 9y ago
So it's more like Faux-Edge. I guess it still provides a benefit for Edge users who want to sync their data and whatnot. It's just not too interesting beyond that. At least Firefox Focus (based on Chromium, too) is a "private by default" kind of browser, who those who care about that experience and don't want to mess with settings or don't know how to set it up so that it has maximum privacy. Speaking of which, it would be nice if Firefox Focus also provided an easy-to-use option to enable browsing over Tor.
- partiallypro 9y ago
  All browsers on iOS are not using their own render engine, Apple doesn't allow it.