Windows 10 could FORCE you to use Microsoft Edge, even if Chrome is your default browser

Microsoft will test a new feature that would see users forced to use its Edge web browser under certain circumstances.

Users could soon see links clicked in the Mail app launch Microsoft Edge – even when a rival web browser is set as the default browser on their PC.

It’s a change that’s likely to cause an uproar amongst users.

Those with logins, passwords and extensions saved in Google Chrome will be unable to access them when opening a link from an email in Microsoft’s Mail client.

The move was revealed in the announcement of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17623.

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Microsoft says it “will begin testing a change where links clicked on within the Windows Mail app will open in Microsoft Edge”.

The clip shows Microsoft Edge outlasting both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome in terms of battery life.

Microsoft performed the test on a machine running the latest version of its desktop operating system, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which showed Edge can last “63 per cent longer than Mozilla Firefox and 19 per cent longer than Google Chrome”.

For its test, which was performed on a Surface Book, Microsoft continuously looped a HD video stream.

According to Microsoft, the Surface Book running Mozilla Firefox died at 9 hours 52 minutes, while the machine running Google Chrome lasted until 13 hours 31 minutes.

Meanwhile, the Surface Book streaming HD video using Microsoft Edge lasted for 16 hours 8 minutes.

That’s potentially six hours more battery life when using Microsoft Edge to stream your Netflix, compared to Mozilla Firefox.


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