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TL;DR: it's NOT using its own engine on Android. It uses Blink there. "On iOS, we are using the WebKit engine, as provided by iOS in the WKWebView control. Tha

TL;DR: it's NOT using its own engine on Android. It uses Blink there. "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." Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15408882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15408882 -> https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/05/microsoft-edge-ios-android-developer/ https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/05/microsoft-edg...

thrownblown 9y ago
So Edge is the new Safari which is the new Explorer? /s?
cptskippy 9y ago
The reality is that a lot of sites query the UserAgent and deliver platform and browser specific sites. Google Search and Image Search are great examples of a crap experience if you're not using Safari on iOS or Chrome on Android. Microsoft is skirting around this by using each platform's engine and providing the user the best experience they can. \* Also they don't have a choice on iOS because Apple.
- yahna 9y ago
  They can set the user agent to whatever they want.
  - cptskippy 9y ago
    Yes but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll be able to interpret what they get in response.
niutech 9y ago
This is a capitulation of Microsoft - instead of porting their engine to Android, they made a yet another Chromium/Blink shell. It is not what I expect from a big corporation.
- flukus 9y ago
  I agree, this is about as impressive as some kid that builds his own browser in Visual Basic by drag'n'dropping in an IE control.
- pjmlp 9y ago
  If you watch Channel 9, BUILD and .NET Conf presentations, many of the web dev ones were done with Chrome.
dbounds 9y ago
Apple doesn't allow 3rd party render engines in iOS. Everything uses same the same webkit engine Safari for iOS uses, including Chrome. No way around it.

thrownblown 9y ago

So Edge is the new Safari which is the new Explorer? /s?

cptskippy 9y ago

The reality is that a lot of sites query the UserAgent and deliver platform and browser specific sites. Google Search and Image Search are great examples of a crap experience if you're not using Safari on iOS or Chrome on Android. Microsoft is skirting around this by using each platform's engine and providing the user the best experience they can. \* Also they don't have a choice on iOS because Apple.

yahna 9y ago
They can set the user agent to whatever they want.
- cptskippy 9y ago
  Yes but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll be able to interpret what they get in response.

niutech 9y ago

This is a capitulation of Microsoft - instead of porting their engine to Android, they made a yet another Chromium/Blink shell. It is not what I expect from a big corporation.

flukus 9y ago
I agree, this is about as impressive as some kid that builds his own browser in Visual Basic by drag'n'dropping in an IE control.
pjmlp 9y ago
If you watch Channel 9, BUILD and .NET Conf presentations, many of the web dev ones were done with Chrome.

dbounds 9y ago

Apple doesn't allow 3rd party render engines in iOS. Everything uses same the same webkit engine Safari for iOS uses, including Chrome. No way around it.