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Bundle in Windows 10 1902?
junztan Microsoft has released no information at all (to my knowledge) about the planned release date for Edge Chromium, or how the new browser will be released (as a standalone, baked in to Windows 10 as the default browser, or what).
A number of developments in the most recent builds for Windows 10 20H1 (the version being planned for release in March/April 2020) suggest that Microsoft intends to make Edge Chromium the Windows 10 default browser with that release, removing EdgeHTML from the Start List at that time.
The Edge Chromium release issue is compounded somewhat because a new engine to allow Microsoft Store apps to access the web using Edge Chromium is also under development, and that process will need to work its way through before Edge Chromium can become the default browser.
The bottom line is that all we can do right now is speculate, but what is clear at this point is that Edge Chromium will not be included in the Windows 10 release coming this fall; that release is essentially a service pack with no significant new features/functions.
tomscharbach - Yeah, it hasn't even reach beta yet. What I mean is the "Edge Beta" version hasn't been released yet, and per the website that is updated every six weeks or so once it is released. So I'm guessing (but of course can be wrong) that once it is released to beta it will be at least six weeks after that when it (or if it) will move out of Beta into Stable. Mind you that would be if it went straight from first version beta to stable version release which I'm thinking probably won't happen as there would be a few beta releases to makes sure everything is stable enough before the first stable release. So I think we have some time before the stable release is released. Like Tom said possibly after the Fall version. If that makes sense, I know it sounds a little confusing. In the mean time you can still promote it to friends and family and groups by encouraging them to download the Dev version (or Canary). The Dev version is well stable, and they can use it while giving insider points. I've been encouraging people I know on other forums and YouTube video comments to drop Firefox (at least for awhile) and try Edge Dev.
