Summary: The cross-platform push may be on at 'cloud first/mobile first' Microsoft, but for now, Internet Explorer isn't one of the products the company is planning to make available on iOS or Android.
There's been a big cross-platform push at Microsoft for the past year or so, with the company releasing its software and services for non-Windows-powered devices — sometimes even ahead of the Windows versions.
So what about Internet Explorer? There was
a version of IE for Mac up until 2003, after all. So couldn't — and shouldn't — a "cloud first/mobile first" Microsoft make IE available on non-Windows devices, too?
It sounds like the answer, at least for now, is no.
In a
Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) on August 14, when asked about making IE available on iOS and Android, an IE team member answered:
"Right now, we're focused on building a great mobile browser for Windows Phone and have made some great progress lately. So,
no current plans for Android/iOS. We are committed to improving our own engine. We love the fact that the web was built on multiple competing (yet interoperable) platforms and believe that this is how it is going to move forward into the future!"
