

The migration process will begin in the coming weeks with a subset of Insiders in the Windows Release Preview ring (which is what Microsoft calls its beta testing for some reason).Įdge syncs passwords, favorites, and settings across devices, while Bing lets you earn rewards just for searching. That said, if you're running Windows 10, you will be receiving the new Edge as an update, at some point in the next few months. You can download the first stable version for Windows and Mac over here. It was a big undertaking, and after over a year of testing, the new Edge is finally ready. Microsoft announced the new Edge back in December 2018, when it decided to forego any further development of its own browser engine in favor of switching to the Chromium codebase. The new Edge is based on the Chromium open source project, which makes it similar to Google Chrome in that regard.

But there have also been changes at internal levels, since an architecture for optimized navigation experience has been developed for it, prioritizing aspects such as speed or safety. The first thing that stands out from its predecessor is the user interface, which has opted for a minimalist design with menus reduced to the minimum to improve its usability. New Chromium-based web browsing experience Microsoft Edge is the browser that has replaced the veteran Internet Explorer in Windows to offer a more comfortable, secure, and up-to-date browsing experience.
