microsoft edge browser upcoming fourweek release

Written by 권유리 (Kwon Yu-ri) - last edited. The next update, to Firefox 75, is expected 7 April.The BSD licensed web browser Chromium and the proprietary Google Chrome web browser product based on it will switch from a four week release cycle to a six week cycle in Q3 2021. Mozilla has not said if it would maintain its every-four-week schedule of upgrading Firefox, which last month accounted for far less browser share than Chrome but more than Edge.

149 that build included fixes for the same vulnerabilities cited by Google when it patched Chrome 80 the day before. The Redmond, Washington company did just last Thursday, when it refreshed Edge to build. Like Google, Microsoft told users that it will continue to service version 80 of its browser with security updates. “We are making this change to be consistent with the Chromium project, which recently announced a similar pause due to adjusted schedules,” wrote Kyle Pflug, principal programme management lead, in the Friday post. Both Chrome and Edge, after all, rely on the Google-led open-source Chromium project for their core technologies. It wasn’t a surprise that Microsoft followed Google in halting browser upgrades. In a tweet, Paul Kinlan, the lead for the developer relations team at Google, ticked off several specific reasons for the suspension, including “lower productivity, worry about asking ecosystem to change, being able to respond quickly when there’s an issue”. Both decisions were, of course, clearly caused by the pandemic and its disruptions, including vast numbers of company employees sent home to work there. Google made a similar announcement 18 March, telling Chrome users it had stopped upgrading the browser a day after it was due to shift from version 80 to 81.Ĭovid-19 triggered the decision either, asserting that the “adjusted work schedule” was to blame.

Microsoft edge browser upcoming fourweek release