Microsoft executives said the new browser Edge based on Chromium will be available from January 15, 2020. Also in early November they stated that the new Edge will be combined with Windows 10 immediately after the availability date, although this will happen gradually.
This week, the company will release more details about the upcoming release of Edge on Windows 10.
Chrome based version of Edge will not follow versions of Windows, the company said. Microsoft will make the new Edge available automatically through Windows Update for all PCs already running Windows 10 1709 or later.
Notes for Edge:
The next version of Microsoft Edge will have more frequent and more flexible update capabilities. Because browser versions will not be bound to major versions of Windows, changes will be made to the operating system to ensure that the next version of Microsoft Edge fits seamlessly into Windows. Therefore, feature updates will be released in a 6-week cycle (approx.) Security and compatibility updates will be sent as needed.
Microsoft will also release a new Edge Blocker Toolkit for companies that wish to block the automatic development of the new Edge. (This Blocker Toolkit will also be able to run on Windows 10 Home systems by administrators.) Blocker Toolkit will not prevent manual installation of the new Chromium-based application.
Microsoft officially launched the new store for Microsoft Edge Addons for all developers on December 16th. So developers can submit the extensions they deploy through it Partner Center Developer Dashboard.
Chromium is an open source browser that is used as a base by many browser developers such as Google, Vivaldi, Opera, Yandex, Brave and many more. Alongside the release of Chrome in 2008, Google released most of Chrome's code as open source, and Chromium was born.