Microsoft’s upcoming Chromium-based Edge browser could look and work better Chrome in some areas. The chromium Edge can launch in beta before long and the browser supports many important features, including picture-in-picture mode, support for third-party extensions and additional.
The latest findings suggest that Microsoft chromium Edge also will support streaming of platforms like Netflix in 4K, unlike Chrome.
Chromium Edge contains a flag to alter PlayReady HEVC decoding. according to Microsoft’s support document, PlayReady allows the content owners to alter streaming of their content in full 1080p, 4K and better resolutions. once the flag is enabled in chromium Edge, the browser ought to be able to stream UHD contents flawlessly.
It is worth noting that all browsers are capable of streaming Netflix content in HD, however the standard of the HD content varies between browsers.
For instance, the most resolution of Google Chrome is 720p. chromium Edge, on the opposite hand, should be able to stream Netflix content in extremist HD on Windows 10 computers.
It is value noting that PlayReady support is exclusive to Windows 10 and the native apps already have access to it. this version of Microsoft Edge additionally supports streaming of content in ultra HD.
At the moment, these flags can’t be enabled in Chrome browser, however it’s possible that Google also will add support for similar functionality in future.
