Microsoft has backtracked on its controversial default browser changes in windows 11 and will soon allow users of Chrome, Firefox and other browsers to set a default browser with a single button.
Reports surfaced in August that Microsoft upcoming release of windows 11 will make it harder to switch default browsers.
In a latest statement, Microsoft said: “in the window 11 insider previews build 22509 released to the DEV channel, where company streamlined the ability for a windows insider to set the default browser to apps that register for HTTP, HTTPS, HTM, and HTML.
Through the windows insider program, you will continue to see us try new things based on customer feedback and testing.
Rafael Rivera, developer of the excellent ear trumpet window app, first spotted the new windows 11 changes.
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Microsoft is still testing these new changes that make it easier to switch default apps and browsers.
The tech giant is also displaying new prompt to window 10 and window 11 users, discouraging them from installing Google browser, chrome and install its own edge browser instead.
Some of the prompt, first reported by Neowin, includes message like “Microsoft edge runs on the same technology as chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft.”
