Edge is now a real competitor since Vivaldi still has no mobile version
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Microsoft Edge was first available on mobile, Android its just Chrome but it works well. The new Edge based on Chromium for desktops, you can download and test this already if you run Windows 10 is also based on Chromium and will be cross platform. For my surprise it works really well and since Microsoft already has Edge on Android I wonder how many people will be tempted to switch just because of the sync to their phones and running the same browser on all their systems. I don't even need or want sync to my phone but I would like to be able to push a site or tab from my desktop to my phone or tablet for testing or the other way around.
I think Vivaldi should really hurry up with having some Android version available. Why is this taking so many years? It seems developing a Chromium based mobile browser is easier then desktop but so far there is not even an alpha or beta to test, no news at all about mobile. The browser does not need to have the same features as Vivaldi desktop as it's a completely different user interface and experience, touch and small screen requires a different GUI. -
@terere Vivaldi is working on their mobile version as fast as they can, it's in broad testing, and Jon predicts it will be released this year. Given the state of it on my phone, that seems very possible to me.
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@Ayespy said in Edge is now a real competitor since Vivaldi still has no mobile version:
@terere Vivaldi is working on their mobile version as fast as they can, it's in broad testing, and Jon predicts it will be released this year. Given the state of it on my phone, that seems very possible to me.
What do you mean giving the state on your phone? I'm reading a mobile version now for 2 years and they always say its going to be released soon. I'm not even sure one exists.
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@terere I have it on my phone (as an internal tester), so it exists.
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Great, that is wonderful news. I was not aware there was an alpha already for internal testing. I guess I will have to wait, hope its this year.
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In terms of having access to high performance video codecs, Edge was always better than the other browsers for windows 10. Now that its moving to chromium, I would hope that these same features might eventually trickle down to Vivaldi.
As for the original topic, mobile space, I'm not sure if much has changed since they already had mobile even back before it used the chromium engine.
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Edge, with all of its 9 Settings options.
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