Taking a page from the Google book, Microsoft is accelerating the launch schedule for the Edge browser and will issue updates every four weeks instead of six weeks, the company announced on Friday.
If this reading gave you dalready seen, this could be due to the fact that Google issued a similar ad last week in which he stated that it accelerates Chrome’s launch cycle to – you guessed it – every four weeks, instead of six weeks from Q3 2021.
“As contributors to the Chromium project, we look forward to the new 4-week launch cycle that Google has announced to help deliver that innovation to our customers even faster,” Microsoft said in a blog post.
This way, Edge users will have faster access to Microsoft’s new security features and patches. And since, starting in 2020, Edge was rebuilt in the Chromium project of Google’s open-source browser, matching its launcher with that of Chrome makes it easier to keep the two browsers in sync.
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The new program will take effect with the Edge 94, which is currently scheduled a September release. Also, following Google’s example, Microsoft offers its enterprise customers the option of a longer and easier-to-manage launch cycle, which translates into a release every eight weeks, along with bi-weekly security updates for “top fixes.” ”. However, the four-week cycle will be the default, according to Microsoft.
As Virgin points out, another popular web browser, Brave, which is also based on Chromium, is adapting to suit the new four-week program.
I say that Microsoft has the right idea if it makes an online experience easier. Collaborating with Google seems to work for the Edge much better than trying to go from foot to foot with Chrome did it for its predecessor, besieged and often ridiculed Internet Explorer.