Another pretty feature in this new OS is the introduction of Widgets. From this section, you could get hold of the latest news, recommended articles, weather reports, Microsoft Apps among others. For the unaware, Microsoft has made Edge the default browser for opening these feeds. While that may be acceptable up to an extent, what isn’t is the fact that it overrides your default browser rule. So even if you have set Chrome as your current default browser, these articles would still be opened via the Edge browser. And this forceful behavior has infuriated quite a few users, and rightly so. Fortunately, there does exist a workaround through which you could open the articles present in the Windows 11 Widgets section via Chrome (or any other browser of your choice). Let’s check it out.
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How to Open Windows 11 Widgets Articles via Chrome
That’s it. From now on, the articles from the Widgets section will open via your default browser. If you need to change the default browser as well, then head over to Apps > Default apps and select the web browser of your choice. However, do keep in mind that you cannot change the source of the articles, they will still continue to be associated with MSN.com. On that note, we round off the guide on how you could open Windows 11 Widgets articles via Chrome.
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