diff --git a/crates/autocli-browser/src/bridge.rs b/crates/autocli-browser/src/bridge.rs
index dc40af4..dce0a7d 100644
--- a/crates/autocli-browser/src/bridge.rs
+++ b/crates/autocli-browser/src/bridge.rs
@@ -39,17 +39,10 @@ impl BrowserBridge {
     pub async fn connect_daemon_page(&mut self) -> Result<Arc<DaemonPage>, CliError> {
         let client = Arc::new(DaemonClient::new(self.port));
 
-        // Step 1: Check Chrome is running
-        if !is_chrome_running() {
-            return Err(CliError::BrowserConnect {
-                message: "Chrome is not running".into(),
-                suggestions: vec![
-                    "Please open Google Chrome with the OpenCLI extension installed".into(),
-                    "The extension connects to the daemon automatically when Chrome is open".into(),
-                ],
-                source: None,
-            });
-        }
+        // Step 1: No browser-process gate. Any Chromium browser (Chrome, Edge, etc.) with the
+        // extension installed connects to the daemon on its own; the daemon handshake below is the
+        // only authority on whether a browser is usable. Skipping process-name detection keeps Edge
+        // and other Chromium browsers working without a per-browser allowlist (see issue #55).
 
         // Step 2: Ensure daemon is running
         if client.is_running().await {
@@ -167,64 +160,37 @@ impl BrowserBridge {
     }
 }
 
-/// Check if Chrome/Chromium is running as a process.
-fn is_chrome_running() -> bool {
-    if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
-        // macOS: check for "Google Chrome" process
-        std::process::Command::new("pgrep")
-            .args(["-x", "Google Chrome"])
-            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .status()
-            .map(|s| s.success())
-            .unwrap_or(false)
-    } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-        // Windows: check for chrome.exe
-        std::process::Command::new("tasklist")
-            .args(["/FI", "IMAGENAME eq chrome.exe", "/NH"])
-            .output()
-            .map(|o| String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout).contains("chrome.exe"))
-            .unwrap_or(false)
-    } else {
-        // Linux: check for chrome or chromium
-        std::process::Command::new("pgrep")
-            .args(["-x", "chrome|chromium"])
-            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .status()
-            .map(|s| s.success())
-            .unwrap_or(false)
-    }
-}
-
 /// Try to wake up Chrome by opening a window.
 /// When Chrome is running but has no windows, the extension Service Worker is suspended.
 /// Opening a window activates the Service Worker, which then reconnects to the daemon.
 fn wake_chrome() {
-    let result = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
-        std::process::Command::new("open")
-            .args(["-a", "Google Chrome", "about:blank"])
-            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .spawn()
-    } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+    // Open a blank window in the SYSTEM DEFAULT browser to wake a suspended extension
+    // Service Worker. We deliberately avoid naming Chrome/Edge: `open about:blank` (macOS),
+    // `xdg-open about:blank` (Linux) and `cmd /C start "" about:blank` (Windows, empty title arg
+    // so about:blank is treated as a URL, not a program name) all resolve to the user's default
+    // Chromium browser. This keeps Edge/Brave/Arc working without hardcoding a binary (see #55).
+    let result = if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
         std::process::Command::new("cmd")
-            .args(["/C", "start", "chrome", "about:blank"])
+            .args(["/C", "start", "", "about:blank"])
             .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
             .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
             .spawn()
     } else {
-        // Linux: try common Chrome executables
-        std::process::Command::new("xdg-open")
-            .arg("about:blank")
-            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .spawn()
+        // macOS and Linux both have a default-browser opener
+        std::process::Command::new(if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+            "open"
+        } else {
+            "xdg-open"
+        })
+        .arg("about:blank")
+        .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
+        .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()
     };
 
     match result {
-        Ok(_) => debug!("Opened Chrome window to wake extension"),
-        Err(e) => debug!("Failed to open Chrome window: {e}"),
+        Ok(_) => debug!("Opened default browser window to wake extension"),
+        Err(e) => debug!("Failed to open browser window: {e}"),
     }
 }