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New Microsoft Edge for Xbox one
Hey community, I want to know whether it is planned to bring the new edge browser to Xbox one. Or is there already a release date? Sincerely yours Fabian
- GOOD NEWS.
Microsoft has started publicly testing the "Chromium-powered" version of their Edge browser on Xbox consoles. Xbox testers in the Alpha Skip-Ahead group can now access the new Microsoft Edge on Xbox One or Xbox Series S / X consoles. It is also planned that you will be able to use a USB keyboard and MOUSE with this new app, but in the early stages of Alphs, there still needs work to be done.
However, it is in testing and scheduled to be released sometime this summer - 2021.
WOO HOO !!!
Microsoft just released the WebView2 browser control component that is based on the Chromium Edge browser.
pneenkoalabear This can also be used from UWP apps.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-general-availability-for-microsoft-edge-webview2-for-net-and-fixed-distribution-method/
This should provide the XBox developer team all they need to make an XBox shell for Chromium Edge. I hope this will be put on the roadmap ASAP.
Um. That's literally impossible as I said before. Xbox is based on UWP. WebView2 is for Chromium Edge, which is win32. Therefore it cannot run on Xbox. WebView2 is available for "UWP" DESKTOP apps. An easy way to think about it is just as a portal or as a window into an interfaceless Edge.