New Microsoft Edge to Leave Beta in January

At its Ignite 2019 conference in Orlando today, Microsoft announced that its new Chromium-based Edge browser will ship in January. And the release candidate is available today.

“We are pleased to announce that the general availability of the all-new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser is targeted for January 15, 2020,” Microsoft corporate vice president Jared Spataro announced. “Microsoft Edge is now available across all your devices, including Windows 10, Windows 8x, Windows 7, macOS, iOS, and Android. Your passwords, history, favorites, and settings will roam seamlessly across all your devices, and with native Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) sign-in, you can search for work files right from your phone.”

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In addition to the release news, Microsoft today also discussed some new Edge features, including Microsoft Search capabilities via Bing with partner support, a new tracking prevention feature, and a redundant Collections for organizing web research. For enterprises, the new Edge is coming to Microsoft FastTrack and App Assure in Q1 2020, and is being supported with a security baseline that’s now in preview.

Microsoft also explained the new Edge logo, which it revealed earlier this past weekend, noting that its swoopy new design was meant to “capture the waves of innovation” that it plans to deliver in the new browser.

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  • lwetzel

    Premium Member
    04 November, 2019 - 9:43 am

    <p>Don't think it is available yet. </p>

  • brothernod

    Premium Member
    04 November, 2019 - 9:56 am

    <p>I wish "Share" wasn't buried and I want my Reading List back, but it's nice to see Collections made the cut. If only it integrated better with Edge on the iPhone, i can't seem to pass tabs between them :/</p>

  • CaymanDreamin

    Premium Member
    04 November, 2019 - 9:59 am

    <p>I hope they add the pen function in before then. I use edge to mark up PDFs.</p>

    • anoldamigauser

      Premium Member
      04 November, 2019 - 10:38 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#486246">In reply to CaymanDreamin:</a></em></blockquote><p>Dev channel has this already, though it is rather limited at the moment. Just a single pen, medium weight with blue ink. Supposedly, it will be extended to match what is available in the current version of Edge.</p>

      • CaymanDreamin

        Premium Member
        05 November, 2019 - 8:29 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#486273">In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:</a></em></blockquote><p>Just saw that this morning with the update. Good to know they aren't leaving that feature behind.</p>

        • anoldamigauser

          Premium Member
          07 November, 2019 - 8:57 pm

          <blockquote><em><a href="#486556">In reply to CaymanDreamin:</a></em></blockquote><p>They have also added support for opening PDFs from SharePoint Online and OneDrive in the browser, however, when I mark it up in Chredge, the markup disappears and there is no option to save as there is in old Edge.</p><p>I assume that well be added as they flesh out the feature.</p>

  • Stooks

    04 November, 2019 - 10:34 am

    <p>You can get the stable version here…</p><p><br></p><p>https : // go dot microsoft dot com/fwlink/?linkid=2069324&amp;Channel=Stable&amp;language=en</p><p><br></p><p>It is version 79.0.309.7. It removes any label, like Beta, DEV etc and be WARNED it also REMOVES the original Edge from Windows 10.</p>

    • dougkinzinger

      04 November, 2019 - 12:20 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#486272">In reply to Stooks:</a></em></blockquote><p>I just wish it had that sweet new logo already! :D</p>

      • ronh

        Premium Member
        04 November, 2019 - 2:24 pm

        <blockquote><em><a href="#486300">In reply to dougkinzinger:</a></em></blockquote><p>I downloaded the new icon PNG and used a web based PNG to ICO site and assigned it to Edge</p><p><br></p>

    • ronh

      Premium Member
      04 November, 2019 - 2:23 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#486272">In reply to Stooks:</a></em></blockquote><p>Thanks. Just downloaded it…</p>

  • columbushinton.com

    04 November, 2019 - 11:31 am

    <p>Bleeping Computer says it will be available later today. But looking on the Dev. website there are changes, it says, coming tomorrow. So it may even be then. We'll see.</p>

  • staganyi

    Premium Member
    04 November, 2019 - 11:33 am

    <p>Will the old edge remain "visible" to the end user in January or will that have to wait for the next OS update?</p>

  • columbushinton.com

    04 November, 2019 - 11:51 am

    <p>Didn't have to wait long. And So far impressed.</p>

  • glenn8878

    04 November, 2019 - 1:54 pm

    <p>Knowing Microsoft, it's always safer to wait a bit longer than January 15th to try it out. That's why you use Chrome.</p><p><br></p><p>Did they announce when the original Edge will be discontinued?</p>

    • Rob_Wade

      04 November, 2019 - 2:47 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#486330">In reply to glenn8878:</a></em></blockquote><p>I don't use Chrome. There's no universe where a version of me uses Chrome. And I sent the Anti-Monitor to obliterate the universe where a version of me even contemplated it.</p>

    • JoePaulson

      04 November, 2019 - 4:42 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#486330">In reply to glenn8878:</a></em></blockquote><p>hmm….I have been using at work for months….just fine.</p>

  • ebraiter

    04 November, 2019 - 2:23 pm

    <p>See anything wrong there? Windows 7 support dies on January 14th (or at least the last set of patches). Why is this Edge coming out the day after for Windows 7 when Microsoft's policies says that OSs with no support don't get any more updates or new applications/features?</p>

    • ghostrider

      04 November, 2019 - 2:48 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#486359">In reply to ebraiter:</a></em></blockquote><p>That's a really good observation. Coincidence, or not (my money's on not!)</p>

  • dallasnorth40

    Premium Member
    04 November, 2019 - 2:29 pm

    <p>Great news! I love CrEdge!</p>

  • ghostrider

    04 November, 2019 - 3:02 pm

    <p>There's a strong indication MS are going to position Chrome/Edge as an Enterprise browser. As the Enterprise is Microsoft's last real bastion, and the consumer is no longer Microsoft's focus, I can see that being true. Sysadmins will have fun with this though – MS already extract so much telemetry from the OS, now they'll be hoovering it up from the browser too. I'd also highly expect this new browser to fully replace old Edge as the default in 20H1 – I don't think there's any doubt there.</p>

  • anderb

    Premium Member
    04 November, 2019 - 3:30 pm

    <p>The way the Credge team have completely caved in to Google and delivered a half-assed, user hostile, advertiser-friendly implementation of autoplay 'blocking' sure is 'innovative'. </p><p><br></p><p>I look forward to a similar complete capitulation when Google rollout the Manifest V3 changes to cripple adblockers.</p><p><br></p><p>MS can announce all the plans they like. Firefox delivers a user-focused, google-free web experience today.</p>

  • chrishilton1

    Premium Member
    06 November, 2019 - 4:15 am

    <p>Can anyone clarify, I've been using Edge Dev which is updated weekly. I installed the release candidate when it was announced this week, but Edge Dev is still installed and was not replaced by the release candidate, which shows as a Beta. Which is the more current build?</p>

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