


14.Īnyone can download and manually install the new Edge browser from this page. Microsoft had previously indicated that the new Edge browser will run on Windows 7 systems, even though that OS fell out of support on Jan. The new Edge browser is currently available for "all supported versions of Windows and macOS in more than 90 languages" and also is available for use on Android and iOS systems, according to Joe Belfiore, Microsoft's corporate vice president of Windows. The older EdgeHTML-based Edge browser still exists (Microsoft now calls it " Microsoft Edge legacy"), but it's going to get replaced at some point by the new Chromium-based version. Microsoft kicked off this switch about a year ago and is now a Chromium Project code contributor. This new Edge browser (version 79) is based on the open source Chromium Project's engine, largely fostered by Google, which is also central to Google's Chrome browser. Microsoft on Wednesday announced the first release of its Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser at the "stable" commercial-release stage.
