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 launched on MacOS, we have heard your feedback on the update experience on Mac devices, specifically:

• Having to update through Microsoft AutoUpdate can be confusing, especially since it typically is used to update the Office suite applications.

• edge://settings/help was not always consistent with Microsoft AutoUpdate in showing update availability
• Update experience was not rapid: when you close and then reopen your browser when a new update is available, you will need to wait until the update is applied before browser restarts.

We are now excited to announce an improved update experience on Mac to address your feedback, making updating faster and smoother. This experience is currently rolled out to Mac users (both Intel and M1 users) on Beta versions higher than 93.0.961.11, Dev versions higher than 91.0.852.0 or Canary versions higher than 90.0.816.0 behind a feature flag. 

Here are some highlights of the new experience:

• The new update experience is now Edge-native. It will solely be responsible for updating Edge-related products and will not be affected (e.g. blocked) by other pending product updates. Updates will happen automatically and silently, and no out-of-Edge notifications/toasts will be shown.
• Update sizes are now reduced by as much as 80% on average! This speeds up updates by over two thirds! 
• edge://settings/help now more consistently reflects update status and allows seamless updates. In-app update notifications are promptly reflected when an update becomes available.

• When you restart the browser when an update is available, your browser will now instantly relaunch with the updated version rather than wait for update to be applied. 

As always, please do not hesitate to send any feedback on the update experience our way so that we can make your experience better! You can do so by selecting the "send feedback" button or going to … menu -> Help and Feedback -> send feedback.