Apr 02, 2020  While Windows users are all too familiar with Microsoft Edge, given that it's the operating system’s default browser, Mac users have likely never tried it.Mind you, it was never all that popular, for various reasons, but by switching to Chromium and its Blink engine, Microsoft can now bring the browser to multiple platforms, including macOS. For a long time, Edge relied on Microsoft. Jan 15, 2020 Microsoft is officially launching its new Edge Chromium browser today across both Windows and macOS. A stable version of the browser is now available for everyone to download, just over a year.

Microsoft today announced the first stable launch of its Edge browser built on the Google Chromium open source project. Microsoft Edge can be downloaded on both Windows machines and Macs.

A beta version of the Microsoft Edge browser has been available for several months ahead of the official, stable launch.

Microsoft's aim with the Edge browser is to provide better web compatibility with improved performance for customers while also making sure there's less fragmentation of the web for developers.

Edge for Mac has been designed to be similar to the Edge experience on Windows, but Microsoft has added optimizations to make it feel more Mac-like. Extensions can be added from the Microsoft Addons store or other Chromium-based web stores like the Chrome Web Store.

The browser includes tracking prevention (enabled by default), customization options, built-in search capabilities with Bing, an Internet Explorer mode for viewing older web pages, and a new wave-style logo that replaces the traditional 'e' that past Microsoft browsers have used.

For Mac users who plan to use Edge, the browser is available cross platform and can be downloaded on Mac, Windows, and iOS devices with the Edge iOS app.

Microsoft is planning regular updates for the Edge browser, with Canary, Dev, and Beta updates on a daily, weekly, and multi-week basis. The next stable version of Edge will see an update sometime in February.

Back in December 2018, Microsoft announced its intention to develop a new version of Edge browser based on the Chromium open source project. Microsoft’s aim was to create better web compatibility for our customers, and less fragmentation of the web for web developers. After testing the new Edge browser for more than an year, Microsoft today announced the general availability of Microsoft Edge browser for Windows and macOS. You can download the “Stable” channel of Microsoft Edge browser for Windows in more than 90 languages from Microsoft here. Apple macOS users can download it here.

If you don’t want to install Microsoft Edge manually, you can also wait for it to be installed automatically through future update to Windows 10. Microsoft will roll out this stable version of new Edge to all Windows 10 users over the next several months. And the migration process beginsin the coming weeks, starting with a subset of Insiders in the Release Preview ring.

Highlights of the new Edge browser:

• Microsoft Edge is now available on all your devices, and automatically syncs your passwords, favorites, and settings.

• Microsoft Edge and Bing give you the tools to protect your privacy online.

• With brand new features like Collections, and the most comprehensive set of built-in learning and accessibility tools on the web, the new Microsoft Edge was designed to help you get things done.

• With the new Microsoft Edge & Bing, you can earn rewards just for searching.

• With Internet Explorer mode, enterprise-grade security, and Microsoft Search in Bing, the new Microsoft Edge is the only browser your organization needs.

If you are an enterprise admin, you can download the MSI of Microsoft Edge stable channel here. If you are interested in downloading the beta version of the new Edge, check it out here.

You can learn more about the new Microsoft Edge browser here.

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Source: Microsoft