Microsoft Edge updates will arrive every four weeks

Starting in September, updates to Microsoft Edge are expected to accelerate. Following in Google Chrome’s footsteps, Microsoft Edge will adopt a new update schedule that removes updates every four weeks.

In a brief article published today, Microsoft confirmed that it will be switching Edge to the new update schedule announced for Chrome earlier this month. The new schedule, as Google mentioned, allows for faster deployments for new features and faster security and bug fixes.

Microsoft says this change will come into effect with the release of version 94 of Edge which, according to a public schedule, is expected to be released in beta during the week of September 1 and in the stable channel during the week of September. September 23. the same timeframe that Google targets, with Chrome 94 also being the first release of the four-week cycle. A preliminary timeline puts Google’s change on September 21 for a stable release. Microsoft also offers customers with managed environments the same eight-week “Extended Stable” cycle as Google.

Starting with version 94 of the stable channel, Microsoft Edge moves to a major release cycle cadence of 4 weeks. However, we recognize that corporate customers who manage complex environments need more time to plan and test updates to Microsoft Edge. To help our business customers who need an extended timeline to manage updates, Microsoft Edge will offer a Extended stability option aligned with a longer eight week major launch cycle; this option will only be available to customers with managed environments.

Of course, this is not surprising. Like Google’s browser, Microsoft Edge has its core in Chromium, as do many other browsers. Any Chromium-based browser that doesn’t embrace this new timeline will quickly be left on different version numbers compared to Chrome, potentially leaving them behind on features. Apparently, Brave is another Chromium browser moving to the new timeline, so they told the Edge.

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