After downloading Chrome, Microsoft Edge (Canary) for Windows users today (via Neowin) noticed a “Microsoft Edge runs on the same technology as Chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft ...

3D banner asking users to make Microsoft Edge the default browser in Windows 11 (Image credit: Kevin Okemwa). I tried to investigate the issue to see whether I could replicate similar results.

Microsoft is continuing to look to banner advertising as a way to monetize Windows. But it seems Windows 10's built-in Mail and Calendar apps are unlikely to be the next place these ads show up.

Microsoft's war against Chrome goes back a long way. Some examples of its pushiness include the company telling people in 2021 that the rival browser was " so 2008 " and Edge was better.