Microsoft Edge Browser Now Available With Native Support for M1 Macs

[batsai]

I love Safari for its performance and use it 99% of the time. It flies on my M1 mini, but I have a few websites for work that require a chromium browser- they simply don’t work with Safari. (Why everyone thinks Chrome is the standard continually eludes me.) Edge gives you a good experience and maintains compatibility with the websites I need without having to use Google services or their bloated and resource heavy browser. I’ll be downloading this one.

 

[BornAgainMac]

I like that there is a healthy choice of browsers native for M1.

 

[ruslan120]

This is an incredibly smart move on Microsoft’s part. If Chrome is buggy while adjusting to M1 they can get people to try out Edge and maybe even stay on Edge and win market share, if Edge is stable.

 

[knappeduivel]

This announcement is like saying I can finally cook monkey brains in my microwave!

That is discusting!

You should use a wok.

 

[hagjohn]

Every so often, you find something that will not run properly in 1 browser and works in another. It is always good to have a backup browser.

 

[yurc]

did anyone REALLY ask for this

You living under Apple bubble too much. MS Edge is one of good chromium based browser just with Google stuff stripped out.

 

[bwintx]

I personally find MS Edge superior to Safari when I'm doing web development (Safari still is quirky on a number of fronts, although Safari 14.x is a huge improvement); and, given the market dominance of Chromium-based browsers, you have to test stuff on one. MS Edge is great for that and comes without so many of Chrome's bad points. Just my two cents.

 

[star-affinity]

Let's see...

Faster
Uses far less memory with all the same tabs and extensions enabled (around 1/3 the total Chrome uses)
They stripped out all of Google's tracking services, using strictly the rendering engine
To that previous point, there's far more Privacy settings that are very easy to find, like Brave, to give more granular control
Has PlayReady DRM in addition to WideVine, so you can use it for more media sites
Tracking Prevention (like Safari) by default
And for those in an older Enterprise Corpo world... IE mode

Agree. Really like Edge too and it feels like I'm using a Mac app despite some of its graphical similarities with the Windows 10 version. 😮

Firefox runs well too, but it feels less native. I mean, white menus when right-clicking despite using dark mode and truncated pop-up menus à la… Windows.

 

[4jasontv]

Agree. Really like Edge too and it feels like I'm using a Mac app despite some of its graphical similarities with the Windows 10 version. 😮

Firefox runs well too, but it feels less native. I mean, white menus when right-clicking despite using dark mode and truncated pop-up menus à la… Windows.

For me Safari has become ie. While the iPhone version is unusable, it’s lack of Windows support makes it a non-starter. Meanwhile edge is fast, universal, and appears to be designed around each platform.

 

[adamdee]

I'm just impressed with so many companies producing M1 native apps already. It must be a relatively simple process to build their products to be M1 compatible.

 

[Deliro]

did anyone REALLY ask for this

Have you tried it? It’s actually a pretty good browser on windows. Definitely use it over anything google. So no chrome for me. Firefox and Edge is what I run on my desktop.

 

[Chompineer]

did anyone REALLY ask for this

For those who use chrome, edge is essentially a better, less bloated version.

 

[Eightarmedpet]

This is awesome! I can imagine Mac Edge users are going to be very pleased to see this, both of them.

 

[ccorry21]

Let's see...

Faster
Uses far less memory with all the same tabs and extensions enabled (around 1/3 the total Chrome uses)
They stripped out all of Google's tracking services, using strictly the rendering engine
To that previous point, there's far more Privacy settings that are very easy to find, like Brave, to give more granular control
Has PlayReady DRM in addition to WideVine, so you can use it for more media sites
Tracking Prevention (like Safari) by default
And for those in an older Enterprise Corpo world... IE mode

Edge is my daily driver on Mac for precisely these reasons. Love it.

 

[iGeek2019]

I’m not with a Mac anymore but it’s my default browser on Windows 10-know it’s based on the same coding etc as Chrome but it hasn’t let me down so far.

 

[JOBS-3:16]

Goody gumdrops, one more OS to avoid using Edge on like the plague. Get f'd Microsloth.

 

[JOBS-3:16]

This is awesome! I can imagine Mac Edge users are going to be very pleased to see this, both of them.

Now, now...let's not be too generous here 😂

 

[BGPL]

Hard pass. Edge on Windows won't let you customize how a tab opens.. you're totally at the whim of Microshaft. You have to get a plugin to avoid seeing their propaganda.

 

[jonnysods]

I just downloaded this, exported my Chrome bookmarks and am ditching Chrome. Don't need that junk on my computer!

 

[alpi123]

Hard pass. Edge on Windows won't let you customize how a tab opens.. you're totally at the whim of Microshaft. You have to get a plugin to avoid seeing their propaganda.

What do you mean by how tabs open? The page you see when you open a new tab?

 

[sw1tcher]

Did anyone ask for the best browser available to be fully coded for ARM?

I can see your point, probably nobody.

Best browser available? This post is about Microsoft's Edge browser, not Mozilla Firefox

 

[RogueWarrior65]

*yawn* Wake me when Solidworks and Quickbooks for Manufacturing are ported to the M1.

 

[PTLove]

Edge is a great browser. It is the same rendering engine as Chrome, with the same compatibility as Chrome, without any of Google's add tracking. I would not sleep on it if you have not tried it. For sites like YouTube TV that simply do not work on Safari, ill use edge every time.

 

[KPOM]

Someone tell Patrick Moorhead about this development!

 

[KPOM]

did anyone REALLY ask for this

It’s a way to run a Chromium browser without Google’s tracking. It’s nice to have alternatives.