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Published onJune 25, 2019

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You can now use Google Earth on allbrowsers, including the new Chromium-based Edge. Google has officially launched thepreview betaversion to all users.

As a quick reminder, the search engine giant launched Google Earth for web users two years ago. The service was accessible only to Chrome users at that time. The company did not do any notable efforts to extend the service for otherbrowsersup until recently.

Later on, Google decided to use WebAssembly to redesign Google Earth for web. We saw a glimpse of the new version at Chrome Dev Summit 2017.

It was an early release and nothing was polished at that time. Google never advertised any release date for the new version until now.

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The Google Earth service was working perfectly fine with Google Chrome. Confused with the word Chromium, people assumed that the new Edgebrowserwill support the service.

But they were surprised to see that the reality was different and they could not use Google Earth on the newbrowser.

Google realized it was high time to release Google Earth for all the other majorbrowsersout there.

The company announced the release on itsChromium blog.

The Earth team found a solution to allow Google Earth to move across multiplebrowsers—something we’ve been working on for a while now. Earth first came to the Web about two years ago using Native Client (NaCl), a Chrome-only solution—at the time. It was the only way to run native code in thebrowserand offer the performance users expect in modern web applications.

Google promised to improve Google Earth’s performance with newWebAssembly tools.

The company sees WebAssembly as an opportunity to run applications across differentbrowsers. You can explore more details about the technical implementation atweb.dev.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low#

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount#

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

You can now use full-feature Google Earth on Chromium Edge#