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Current Beta the RELEASE Candidate
UPDATE: In a https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/11/04/edge-chromium-release-candidate-get-ready/ (November 4), Karl Pflug and John Jansen note:
"This morning, we released Microsoft Edge Beta version 79, which is the final Beta before the new Microsoft Edge is generally available, also known as the “Release Candidate.” On January 15th, we expect to release the “Stable” channel, at which point Microsoft Edge will be generally available to download on Windows and macOS."
This strongly suggests that version 79 will be the released version on January 15.
UPDATE: In a https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/11/04/edge-chromium-release-candidate-get-ready/ (November 4), Karl Pflug and John Jansen note:
"This morning, we released Microsoft Edge Beta version 79, which is the final Beta before the new Microsoft Edge is generally available, also known as the “Release Candidate.” On January 15th, we expect to release the “Stable” channel, at which point Microsoft Edge will be generally available to download on Windows and macOS."
This strongly suggests that version 79 will be the released version on January 15.
HotCakeX "Hmm was there even a question that this is its best response?"
None whatsoever. The response quotes a Microsoft blog, written November 4 by relatively high-level employees, that ends speculation about the fact that the current Beta is the release candidate, and that Edge Chromium will be released to the public on January 15..
We know from the leaked Stable builds that Microsoft is testing the mechanism by which Edge Chromium will be delivered as a standalone download on January 15. Assuming that there is no course change in that respect, we know what that delivery mechanism will do and how it will work.
All we need now is information about when and how Edge Chromium is going to be embedded into Windows 10 builds.
If the Windows Central article you posted the other day on a Windows 10 list is accurate, then 20H1 will go to RTM in December. If Edge Chromium is going to be embedded in 20H1, accordingly, time is running out.
As I recall, you are an active participant in the Windows Insider program. Let us know if Microsoft embeds Edge Chromium in 20H1. That will give us an idea about the timing of push deployment.
- I will, you can keep an eye on their blog too
https://blogs.windows.com/blog/tag/windows-insider-program/