When Microsoft determined to go together with Chromium for the brand new Edge browser, it meant higher assist for Google providers. The new Edge browser had a fairly good begin and has caught up with all the key options obtainable in different browsers. However, Chromium-based Edge nonetheless doesn’t assist Google Meet.
For those that don’t know, Meet is a video conferencing app, similar to Hangouts or Skype. The app works by sending assembly codes or invitations to the customers to allow them to be a part of a name. It is primarily meant for organizations and it doesn’t work on Chromium-based Edge. At this second, in the event you go to satisfy.google.com, you’ll be greeted with a message saying the browser will not be supported. Google is recommending customers to obtain Chrome or Firefox to make use of it. This is shocking contemplating the truth that Firefox doesn’t even use the Chromium framework. Luckily, there’s a approach to make it work even in the event you’re utilizing Edge and it includes switching the user-agent. We just lately reported that Edge adjustments its user-agent in line with web sites and that occurs robotically however you may set off it manually as properly. To do this, you will want to comply with the steps beneath.
Open Chromium-based Edge and press F12 to launch Developer Tools.Now click on on the three dots (…) on the highest proper nook of Developer Tools and choose More Tools>Network situations.Now search for user-agent and deselect the “Select Automatically” choice.Next up, choose “Chrome-Windows” from the drop-down menu.Now reload the web page or revisit meet.google.com.
We couldn’t verify if the steps above will enable customers to affix video calls however it ought to work because the web site now works. At this second, there’s no info on why Meet didn’t work on Edge because it’s based mostly on Chromium. There’s an opportunity that it’s foul-play from Google or Microsoft modified one thing that broke the web site on Chromium-based Edge. We examined it on totally different variations of Edge in addition to on Edge Dev however bought related outcomes. So, we are able to’t say with certainty what brought on the problem however we hope it will get mounted quickly. In the meantime, customers can change the user-agent to entry the web site.
