Microsoft recently announced usage data for the Edge browser over the past year. The data shows that the Edge browser has made significant progress in artificial intelligence applications, cross-language communication, and user privacy protection, highlighting its role in improving user experience and network security. effort. Data such as tens of billions of AI chats, 38 trillion words of automatic translation, and 7 trillion MB of memory savings intuitively reflect the breadth of functional applications and improved efficiency of the Edge browser. However, its market share is growing slowly and there is still a gap compared with Chrome. It still needs to further improve its competitiveness in the future.
Recently, Microsoft released a series of usage statistics on the Edge browser over the past year on its official blog, which attracted widespread attention. According to data, Edge users completed more than 10 billion AI chats this year. The widespread application of this feature marks the in-depth integration of artificial intelligence technology into daily web browsing.
In addition to AI chat, Edge also demonstrates its powerful features in other aspects. Data shows that users have automatically translated 38 trillion words through their browsers, a feature that greatly facilitates cross-language communication. At the same time, the hibernation tab function effectively saves about 7 trillion MB of memory and improves the operating efficiency of the browser. In addition, users browse more than 800 million articles every day on the MSN platform, which shows Edge's advantages in information acquisition.
In terms of information sharing, Edge's Drop function allows users to share 46 million messages and files across devices, making collaboration between different devices more convenient. At the same time, the number of daily active users of the Bing search engine has exceeded 140 million, which shows Microsoft's strong influence in the search market. Mobile apps also perform well in protecting user privacy, successfully blocking more than 1.8 trillion tracking programs.
In addition, Microsoft's Password Monitor function protects more than 7.3 billion passwords every month, providing an important guarantee for users' network security. In terms of preventing network threats, the Edge browser also performed well, blocking more than 1.4 billion phishing attacks and protecting users' information security.
However, despite Edge's positive results in multiple areas, its market share growth has been relatively slow. According to Statcounter data, Edge's market share increased from 11.9% in December 2023 to 12.87% in November 2024, an increase of less than 1%. In contrast, the Chrome browser still dominates the market, with its share rising to 66.33% from 65.23% in the same period.
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More than 10 billion AI chats have been conducted, showing that the technology is widely used.
The Edge browser market share has increased slightly, but it still needs to improve its competitiveness.
User information security is guaranteed, and password monitoring and phishing attack prevention are effective.
All in all, Microsoft Edge browser performs well in terms of functionality and security, but it still faces challenges in market competition. In the future, the Edge browser needs to continue to work hard to increase market share and enhance user stickiness in order to occupy a more important position in the browser market.