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Former Employee

May 18, 2021

Dev channel update to 92.0.891.1 is live

Hello Insiders! Today we’re releasing build 92.0.891.1 to the Dev channel. We’ve got lots of exciting changes to talk about, so let’s jump right into it! Added features: Added a dar...

Copper Contributor

May 20, 2021

Hi! I'm wondering is there any news regarding the auto update situation on Mac? The new update mechanism landed in Canary a while ago, but it seems that all channels, including the Dev channel, still depend on the separate Microsoft AutoUpdate… Can't wait to get rid of it 😐

KibosJ
Copper Contributor
May 20, 2021
This has already happened on mine, running the dev build and it no longer uses Microsoft Auto update, but instead just installs via Edge, much better implementation!

There's no flags for it either, so not sure if it's just being phased out
- josh_bodner
  Former Employee
  May 22, 2021
  KibosJ yes, we're still rolling it out, and since the updater is a separate program entirely, there's no way to control it on your end, like you can with flags for features. Currently it's only been rolled out to Canary and Dev, so it's expected that Beta and Stable don't have it yet.
  - devHsu
    Copper Contributor
    May 24, 2021
    Hmm that's weird. I mean I've seen Edge show a green update icon, which I assume is the new mechanism, but I also had Microsoft AutoUpdate popup a prompt to tell me to install a new version.
    
    I've tried to remove the Microsoft AutoUpdate from /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0 but now my Edge can't check for update. When I went to reinstall the newest Dev version using the .pkg downloaded from the insiders site, the installer still bundles Microsoft AutoUpdate and even automatically launch it upon installation of Edge finishes. This is all very confusing…

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