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Mar 11, 2021

New Update Experience for Mac available in Edge Beta / Dev / Canary

Getting updates timely and smoothly is key to keeping web browsers secure. It also helps you try new experiences sooner on a fast-moving browser like Microsoft Edge. Since Microsoft Edge launch...

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valdicore

Brass Contributor

Mar 08, 2022

Olivia_Zhang Version 99 is now in the Stable channel and there is still no trace of the new update method. It has been a year since it was announced as coming imminently. It seems it has been shelved and nobody bothered to announce it.

Richard_Bottiglieri

Iron Contributor

Apr 18, 2022

I've noticed in version 100.0.1185.44 (stable channel), when I go to "About Microsoft Edge", the version check is nearly instantaneous, just like on Windows. I haven't had to actually run an update just yet, so I can't comment on what that experience is like, but this is definitely different than previous behavior, where it took a good 10 to 15 seconds to check for updates. Presumably, this is because Edge was interfacing with the MAU service.

Seems like this is rolling out now?

chenrylee
Brass Contributor
Apr 26, 2022
Richard_Bottiglieri Yeah, I also noted it, and I checked MAU, Edge isn't list any more:
- zuisong
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 28, 2022
  chenrylee
  
  unfortunately, installing the Edge browser continues to install Microsoft's AutoUpdate
  and It can not update when I remove MAU
  - Richard_Bottiglieri
    Iron Contributor
    May 03, 2022
    zuisong, are you on an Intel Mac or an Apple Silicon Mac? I think I read somewhere that the new update process is supported only on the Apple Silicon Macs. My own testing seems to corroborate this.