At the moment of writing Chromium based Edge is available for Windows and macOS in three release channels Canary, Dev and Beta. On Windows, Edge uses native update experience since the very beginning in 2019.Microsoft is developing a new version of the Edge browser based on the Chromium open source project. Microsoft says the new update experience will soon be available on Apple Silicon Macs as well.ĭo note that these changes only apply to Edge on macOS.
Besides, it is only available on Intel-based Macs. It is currently hidden behind a flag, so you need to enable it manually. The new update experience is now available in Edge Canary version 90.0.8.816.0 and newer. Finally, hitting the restart button will instantly relaunch the browser, so there is no need to wait until Edge applies a new update.
When a new version becomes ready to install, you will see a small green arrow overlay icon on the menu button in the top-right corner of the browser window. In addition, the browser will not annoy you with additional push notification. It will be responsible just for updating Edge and related components rather than additional Microsoft products. If you close and then reopen Edge with a pending update, you will have to wait until Edge applies updates before restarting.Īfter enabling a new flag, macOS users will get a faster, more Windows-like update experience. Finally, Microsoft AutoUpdate is just slow. Second, sometimes, there are inconsistencies between Microsoft AutoUpdate and edge://settings/help page, where both show different versions installed. First, it is primarily made for Office apps, so the user may get confused why he is seeing Office updates next to browser updates. While Microsoft AutoUpdate mostly works fine, there are several issues.
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