In few words, Canary builds of Microsoft Edge browser are preview builds that will be updated daily.

Update Channels: Nightly, Aurora, Developer, Beta and Release What are Chrome Canary, Firefox Nightly and Opera Developer Versions? If you don’t know what are Beta, Canary and Developer builds, following topics will help you in understanding these development channels of web browsers: Currently Beta, Canary and Developer builds of Microsoft Edge are available for download and it’s available for Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Linux and MacOS at the moment.įollowing screenshot shows Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser running in Windows 10 operating system: Microsoft also announced that Chromium-based Microsoft Edge will be released for Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10 operating systems and the company has also plans to release it for Linux and MacOS as well.įull Info: Microsoft Edge to Become Chromium-Based Browser Soonįinally the day has come and Microsoft has released preview builds of Microsoft Edge web browser for public. Chromium is an open-source version of popular Google Chrome web browser and its rendering engine called Blink powers many famous browsers such as Google Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi. Microsoft announced that the company will adopt Chromium open source project for the development of Microsoft Edge browser which means Microsoft Edge rendering engine will be switched to popular Blink engine. The current version of Microsoft Edge browser which comes preinstalled with Windows 10 is based on its own EdgeHTML and Chakra web rendering engines. In December 2018, Microsoft announced that they’ll move the Windows 10‘s default and built-in web browser Microsoft Edge to Chromium project. UPDATE 1: Microsoft Edge Canary build is now also available for download for MacOS.

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