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Is the final version of the new Edge gonna be included in the Windows 10 20H1?
The development is going fast, Mac version and Beta version of the new Edge are already leaked to the public, so i think it's safe to assume that the stable and final version of the new Edge will be included in the Windows 10 20H1 and it will replace both the current Edge (spartan) and the Internet explorer. right?
Hi HotCakeX, we are working hard to get the Beta channel up and running, as well as getting the browser working properly on Windows 7 and Window 8/8.1. We have not released dates yet for any of these releases. We are getting a lot of feedback from you, our Insiders, and trying to make sure that we are building the browser that you want. Thank you for your patience, and please keep sending us your feedback and suggestions.
Elliot
- I hope Microsoft does something with Windows, GitHub's Electron, Chromium, and their new Edge. Ya know. Something like how Android's system webview uses Chrome
- Elliot Kirk
Microsoft
Hi HotCakeX, we are working hard to get the Beta channel up and running, as well as getting the browser working properly on Windows 7 and Window 8/8.1. We have not released dates yet for any of these releases. We are getting a lot of feedback from you, our Insiders, and trying to make sure that we are building the browser that you want. Thank you for your patience, and please keep sending us your feedback and suggestions.
Elliot
Elliot Kirk
This reminds me of a thought that crossed my mind the other day... we SO much want End User to be off pre-10 OSs, try so hard to have people using Win10... Maybe, 8/8.1 is one thing, but, to bother having Edge C support Win7 makes one wonder WHY. There is only a few months left to its well-played old life. Why build a saddle for an old horse being put out to pasture. Save the trouble, time & effort; same as not bothering to build for Vista or XP. Just saying...
Cheers,
Drew
I remind you that Microsoft will sell Extended Security Updates for Enterprises that use Windows 7 so they can have enough time to migrate their machines to a newer OS, that support it's going to last at least 3 years more, with that in mind, now do you know why develop it for Windows 7 too?
HotCakeX
That is exactly & precisely what many of us are expecting & suggesting. That ETA seems reasonable & in conjunction with 1909 would not be surprising. It would, certainly, be replacing Edge and with IE Mode available with Edge C, it is hard to see anymore need or reason to have IE lingering around any longer.
Cheers,
Drew- Where can I find the beta version?
leoj3008 The beta version is not available yet. Only the Canary and Dev channel is available right now.
Rohit Yadav
Allow me to set you straight. The Edge Chromium Dev & Canary Insider Builds ARE BETAS. They are the beta versions of Edge Chromium. There is no other beta version coming... they ARE IT.
Cheers,
Drew
HotCakeX "The development is going fast, Mac version and Beta version of the new Edge are already leaked to the public, so i think it's safe to assume that the stable and final version of the new Edge will be included in the Windows 10 20H1 and it will replace both the current Edge (spartan) and the Internet explorer."
It is early days yet, as others frequently point out, and the Edge team has a lot of work to do to get Edge Chromium in shape for release on Windows (7/8/10) platforms, not to mention MacOS. So I think it is too early to guess when Edge Chromium will be released. I won't be surprised at a release before next Fall if everything falls into place rapidly, and I won't be surprised at a release as late as the end of the year or even next Spring if the development process hits bumps in the road.
How Edge Chromium will be released and marketed isn't clear to me, either. It might make good marketing sense for Microsoft to (a) hold off release until the new Edge is available on Windows 7/8, as well as Windows 10 and MacOS, and (b) release/market the new Edge independently of a Window 10 release, both marketing strategies designed to make a larger marketing splash/statement.
I don't know, obviously, and Microsoft is mum, so your guess is as good as mine. But I suspect that it would be a marketing mistake for Microsoft to release the new Edge piecemeal and under cover of the Windows 10 Fall Update cover.
In terms of IE replacement, I thought that IE as a browser (as opposed to "Windows components") would sink beneath the waves soon after Edge Chromium was released. But Fred Pullen's presentation at the Build conference gives me pause. It looks like we may go through a relatively long transition period where IE remains an active browser.
