Microsoft is making its Chromium-powered Edge browser available on both Windows 7 and Windows 8 for testing today. The release comes two months after Chromium Edge first debuted on Windows 10, and a month after it appeared on macOS. Microsoft is releasing the daily Canary builds initially, and plans to support the weekly Dev channel “soon.” You can download the installer over at Microsoft’s Edge Insider site.
“You will find the experience and feature set on previous versions of Windows to be largely the same as on Windows 10, including forthcoming support for Internet Explorer mode for our enterprise customers,” explains a Microsoft Edge team blog post. While most features will be the same, dark mode is missing and Microsoft says there is no support for AAD sign-in.
EDGE IS COMING TO WINDOWS 7 BEFORE ITS END OF SUPPORT
Microsoft is still testing its Chromium Edge browser across Windows 10, macOS, and now older versions of Windows, and it’s still not clear when the company will start to release it more broadly. Edge will be available for Windows 7, despite the fact Microsoft is planning to end support for the operating system next January.
Edge Chromium will include an IE mode for businesses, and a new Collections feature that’s designed for web users to be able to more easily collect text, images, and information from the internet into a note. We got a closer look at the new Microsoft Edge earlier this year.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/19/18692033/microsoft-chromium-edge-windows-7-8-available-download
-----------------------------
Microsoft Edge, when it was originally launched with Windows 10, was not available for earlier versions of Windows operating system. Because of this, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 had to rely on third-party web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox as the built-in Internet Explorer browser was outdated.
A few months ago, Microsoft announced the Chromium-based Edge browser. The new Chromium-based Edge was initially made available for Windows 10, and later it was released for macOS as well.
Now, Microsoft has made available the Chromium-based Edge for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 as well. With this, Windows 7/8/8.1 users will finally be able to install and use the Edge browser without upgrading their installation to Windows 10.
Although this will certainly help PC users who are still running Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, it’s surprising that Microsoft released a new browser for Windows 7 at this time as Windows 7 support will end in just six months (January 2020).
For starters, the new Edge is super-fast like the Chrome browser and looks very similar to Chrome. Since the new Edge is based on Chromium, it offers most of the features and options offered in Chrome. Besides that, it supports Chrome extensions as well.
After installing the Edge browser, you can import browser data (including passwords) from other browsers into the Edge.
Visit the following link to download the latest version of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser for Windows 7/8/8.1. The new Edge is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7/8/8.1 systems.
Download Edge for Windows 7/8/8.1
A few months ago, Microsoft announced the Chromium-based Edge browser. The new Chromium-based Edge was initially made available for Windows 10, and later it was released for macOS as well.
Now, Microsoft has made available the Chromium-based Edge for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 as well. With this, Windows 7/8/8.1 users will finally be able to install and use the Edge browser without upgrading their installation to Windows 10.
Although this will certainly help PC users who are still running Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, it’s surprising that Microsoft released a new browser for Windows 7 at this time as Windows 7 support will end in just six months (January 2020).
For starters, the new Edge is super-fast like the Chrome browser and looks very similar to Chrome. Since the new Edge is based on Chromium, it offers most of the features and options offered in Chrome. Besides that, it supports Chrome extensions as well.
After installing the Edge browser, you can import browser data (including passwords) from other browsers into the Edge.
Visit the following link to download the latest version of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser for Windows 7/8/8.1. The new Edge is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7/8/8.1 systems.
Download Edge for Windows 7/8/8.1
