: Why does the internet think Microsoft Edge is Google Chrome? I am currently using Microsoft Edge. Edge is the new Internet Browser from Microsoft. I tried running a Unity3D Program in Edge,

@Reiling115

Because Microsoft Edge presents a User-Agent string that contains the word Chrome. And, for that matter, Safari.

Check out whatsmyuseragent.com/ and you'll see something like this:


(Emphasis mine)

This is deliberate on Microsoft's behalf to fool naïve user-agent checks into thinking that it's not Internet Explorer. Which it isn't.

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@Nimeshi995

The answer is simple and here is an oversimplified example:

// Your browser is identifying itself as this
$ua_string = 'EDGE';

// The website logic is this
if($ua_string === 'IE')
{
echo 'You are using IE';
}
elseif($ua_string === 'FIREFOX')
{
echo 'You are using Firefox';
}
else
{
echo 'You are using Chrome, and we don't support that.';
}

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