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Silver Contributor

Dec 17, 2019

Dev channel update to 80.0.361.5 is live

Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 80.0.361.5 to the Dev channel! This is the final build for major version 80, which means it’s also our next Beta channel candidate. This is also the fina...

HotCakeX

MVP

Dec 17, 2019

Hi josh_bodner

Thanks for the update, I had a question about the stable channel version.

is it going to be version 79? because Google chrome stable Ver 79 was released few days ago and if Microsoft release their first Ver 79 in January 15 that will mean that Microsoft Edge browser will always stay behind Google chrome in terms of features, development and everything (about 1 month behind). is that correct?

I really hope Microsoft aim for Ver 80 to be the first stable release version...

josh_bodner

Silver Contributor

Dec 17, 2019

HotCakeX yes, we're planning on our first Stable being 79 since, when we officially announced the GA date, we called Beta 79 our release candidate. Don't worry about the timing though, we just didn't want to push it out and then leave it unattended over the holidays!

HotCakeX
MVP
Dec 17, 2019
josh_bodner
josh_bodner wrote:
HotCakeX yes, we're planning on our first Stable being 79 since, when we officially announced the GA date, we called Beta 79 our release candidate. Don't worry about the timing though, we just didn't want to push it out and then leave it unattended over the holidays!
But still Edge browser will be almost 1 version behind Chrome browser, always.
when 79 GA will be released in January 15, Google will release version 80 stable a couple of days after that.