What's the difference between Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer? Microsoft Edge has replaced Internet Explorer (IE) as the default browser on Windows, including laptops, smartphones, tablets ...

It's clearer than ever: Internet Explorer is the past and Project Spartan is the future. Microsoft recently said IE11 will not use Project Spartan's Edge rendering engine in Windows 10.

Microsoft Edge will supplant Internet Explorer as the default browser for Windows 10 this summer, but IE won’t disappear forever just yet.