
The only alternative would have been to delay Edge releases, obviously unacceptable.Īlthough Chromium's work is used by numerous browsers - Brave and Opera, for example, as well as Edge - Google calls most of the shots not only did Google start Chromium, but its engineers continue to dominate its work. company had little choice but to go along with the change to release timing.


21.)īecause Microsoft has hitched Edge to Chromium's wagon - the open-source project is responsible for building and maintaining the core technologies for Chrome, and since January 2020, Edge - the Redmond, Wash. The likely release date for Edge 94, then, will be Sept. Because Google issues updates on Tuesdays, that means Microsoft does on Thursdays. (Microsoft has gotten into the habit of releasing the same-numbered Edge two days after the comparable Chrome upgrade.

"This change in release cycles is expected to start with Edge 94," Microsoft said, while pointing to a fleshed-out release calendar.
