![]() Those updates are ending now, too a similar program is not being offered for the significantly less popular Windows 8, which is just past its 10-year anniversary.Įdge will continue to run on Windows 11 and the later releases of Windows 10, as well as supported versions of macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. ![]() It will automatically run the update process. But because Windows 7 was so popular with businesses, Microsoft took the unusual step of offering three additional years of optional, paid update support for the operating system. The Chromium based Edge works exactly like Google Chrome browser which is also based on the Chromium backend code. Most people stopped receiving general-purpose security updates for Windows 7 back in 2020, around a decade after its original release. If you thought that Windows 7 had already stopped getting security updates, you’re not wrong. Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 1.58) which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. Because the underlying Chromium engine in both Chrome and Edge is open source, Microsoft could continue supporting Edge in older Windows versions if it wanted, but the company is using both end-of-support dates to justify a clean break for Edge. Microsoft provides four options, called channels, to manage how often Microsoft Edge is updated with new features. The end-of-support date for Edge coincides with the end of security update support for both Windows 7 and Windows 8 on January 10, and the end of Google Chrome support for Windows 7 and 8 in version 110. Alternatively, you can go to Menu > Help & Feedback > About Microsoft Edge to check for updates manually. Further Reading “Too much and too soon”-Steven Sinofsky looks back at Windows 8, 10 years later How to Update Microsoft Edge If you use Microsoft Edge, you can manually check for an Edge update by first launching the browser and then using the Help drop-down menu at the top of the window (on Windows) or screen (on a Mac), and then clicking the Update Microsoft Edge button. You can get the new Microsoft Edge for Windows and macOS today by downloading it directly from /edge.
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