Starting in September of this year, updates to Microsoft Edge will be accelerated. Following in the footsteps of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge will adopt a new update schedule that discards updates every four weeks.
In a brief article posted today, Microsoft confirmed that it would move Edge to the new update schedule that was announced for Chrome earlier this month. The new programming, as Google mentioned, allows for faster implementations of new features, as well as faster security and bug fixes.
Microsoft says that this change will take effect with the release of version 94 of Edge, which, according to a public schedule, is scheduled to be released in beta during the week of September 1 and on the stable channel during the week of 23 of September. This is roughly the same timeline that Google is aiming for, with Chrome 94 also being the first launch in the four-week cycle. A preliminary schedule puts Google’s move on September 21 to a stable launch. Microsoft is also offering the same eight-week “Extended Stable” cycle for customers with managed environments that Google offers.
Starting with version 94 of the Stable channel, Microsoft Edge is moving to a main 4-week release cycle. However, we recognize that corporate customers who manage complex environments need more time to plan and test Microsoft Edge updates. To help our corporate customers who need an extended schedule to manage updates, Microsoft Edge will offer a Extended Stable Option aligned with an eight-week longer main release cycle; this option will only be available to customers with managed environments.
Of course, this is no surprise. Like Google’s browser, Microsoft Edge has its core on Chromium, as do many other browsers. Any Chromium-based browser that does not adopt this new programming will quickly be left with different version numbers compared to Chrome, potentially leaving them behind in features as well. Apparently, Brave is another Chromium browser that is switching to the new schedule, so they told the Border.
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