You say Edgium, they say Chredge, we say Chrexplorer – let’s call the whole thing off
Hands on After weeks of leaks, Microsoft has finally dropped the first official preview build of its shiny new Chromium-based browser.
We took a look at the « Dev Channel » branded browser, version 74.1.96.24, currently for 64-bit Windows 10 (although the likes of Windows 7 will also see support eventually) to get a glimpse of the future. Unsurprisingly, that future looks a lot like Chrome.
Just with an Edge icon.
Set-up of the browser was uneventful and, unsurprisingly, it was very keen to slurp the likes of bookmarks (although oddly not their icons) from an existing Chrome installation before starting up. Extensions, however, did not make the jump, requiring a hop into Microsoft’s Extension gallery to put the things on manually, if equivalents exist, or flick a switch if not (more on that below.
