Microsoft is making it easier to install updates to Edge on macOS.
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- Microsoft is testing a new update experience for Edge on macOS.
- The new experience is available for Edge Canary on Mac devices running Intel chips.
- You have to enable a flag to use the new update experience.
Microsoft Edge on macOS has a bit of an awkward update process, according to feedback the company has received. Microsoft is trying to improve the update process for Edge on macOS with a new Edge-native update experience. The experience is only currently available for Edge Canary on Macs running on Intel chips. You also have to enable a flag to use the new experience.
Microsoft describes the experience in a recent Tech Community post:
- The new update experience is now Edge-native. It will solely be responsible for updating Edge-related products and will not be affected (e.g. blocked) by other pending product updates. Updates will happen automatically and silently, and no out-of-Edge notifications/toasts will be shown.
- edge://settings/help now more consistently reflects update status and allows seamless updates. In-app update notifications are promptly reflected when an update becomes available.
- When you restart the browser when an update is available, your browser will now instantly relaunch with the updated version rather than wait for update to be applied.
The biggest change in this new experience is that the update process is now Edge-native rather than going through Microsoft AutoUpdate. Updates should roll out quicker and more seamlessly with the new experience.
Microsoft says that the new experience will be available for Edge Canary on Macs running Apple's new silicon soon.
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Microsoft has announced a new update engine for Microsoft Edge on macOS devices, with users running the Canary build getting it as we speak.
The company explains that the AutoUpdate system that was originally used by Microsoft Edge was a little bit confusing given it’s also used by Office applications, with the process overall also being rather slow.
So the company has started the work on a native update system for Microsoft Edge on macOS, with the new experience currently available in the Canary builds of the browser for Intel chips. Microsoft explains it’ll also be included in the builds aimed at Apple Silicon shortly.
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The new update system is supposed to make the process overall feel more seamless, especially because the updates will now be installed in the background all automatically.
“The new update experience is now Edge-native. It will solely be responsible for updating Edge-related products and will not be affected (e.g. blocked) by other pending product updates. Updates will happen automatically and silently, and no out-of-Edge notifications/toasts will be shown. edge://settings/help now more consistently reflects update status and allows seamless updates. In-app update notifications are promptly reflected when an update becomes available,” Microsoft explains.
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The Redmond-based software giant hasn’t provided an ETA as to when this feature is scheduled to land in the production channel, but version 91 is projected to go live in the stable build in the week of May 27.
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The transition to the Chromium engine allowed Microsoft to bring Edge browser to more platforms, so in addition to Windows 10, its application is now also available on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, macOS, and Linux. At this point, however, Edge for Linux is still in preview stage, but it should reach the stable channel later this year.