Software25.06.2018

Microsoft Edge for Android growing its user base

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Microsoft’s Edge browser is growing its install base on Android devices, although it is still far behind Google Chrome.

According to the Google Play Store, Microsoft Edge has reached 5 million downloads, which is a new high for it, stated Softpedia.

Edge has received mostly positive reviews on the Play Store, and at the time of writing had a rating of just over 4 stars (out of 5) from 22,480 reviews.

By comparison, Google Chrome also had a rating of just over 4 stars, but from 9.4 million reviews. Chrome has been downloaded over 1 billion times in the Play Store.

Edge was fully launched for Android and iOS in March 2018, and includes features like “continue on your PC” – allowing users to open a web page from their phone on their PC.

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