Microsoft has announced the release of the first Canary and Developer builds for Windows 10 which brings the availability of test version of Chromium-based Edge browser. Windows 10 devices will be getting daily updates if on Canary build and weekly update if on Developer builds. With the new builds, Microsoft has released Chromium-based Edge preview build and brought quite a few changes to the Edge browser. The company has made subtle changes to the design of the browser, included support for a broader selection of extensions and adds the ability to manage the user's sign in profile. The build is intended only for early adopters, enthusiasts and web developers and not for everyday users. Microsoft joined the Chromium open source community in December 2018 and has added 275 commits into the Chromium project, as of today. It also started back to make contributions in areas like accessibility, touch, ARM64, and others. The company is working directly with the teams at Google and the broader Chromium community on this project. For those who would like to try out, the new builds can download the new build from Microsoft's official website. Anyone using the current build of Microsoft Edge that is based on EdgeHTML and not Chromium can ...
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Microsoft releases Chromium-based Edge preview build for Windows 10
Microsoft has announced the release of the first Canary and Developer builds for Windows 10 which brings the availability of test version of Chromium-based Edge browser. Windows 10 devices will be getting daily updates if on Canary build and weekly update if on Developer builds. With the new builds, Microsoft has released Chromium-based Edge preview build and brought quite a few changes to the Edge browser. The company has made subtle changes to the design of the browser, included support for a broader selection of extensions and adds the ability to manage the user's sign in profile. The build is intended only for early adopters, enthusiasts and web developers and not for everyday users. Microsoft joined the Chromium open source community in December 2018 and has added 275 commits into the Chromium project, as of today. It also started back to make contributions in areas like accessibility, touch, ARM64, and others. The company is working directly with the teams at Google and the broader Chromium community on this project. For those who would like to try out, the new builds can download the new build from Microsoft's official website. Anyone using the current build of Microsoft Edge that is based on EdgeHTML and not Chromium can ...
