


(Here's Microsoft's roadmap for business users for Chredge, which it made public in July.) And the Beta supports a number of the previously announced enterprise features coming to the new Edge, including Internet Explorer Mode integration with the new unified Microsoft Search (built into Bing) and support for Windows Defender Application Guard. Beta users can turn on tracking prevention for greater privacy. Like the other preview channels, the Chredge Beta supports extensions from the Edge Insider Addons store or other Chromium-based web stores. Microsoft officials are saying that the Chredge beta version available today is "ready for everyday use," even though it's not done yet. (It won't be tied any longer to Windows 10, so it does not have to release simultaneously with a new feature update, such as Windows 10 20H1.) At some point, Chredge - which will just be called "Edge" just like Microsoft's current browser - will replace the original Edge browser. Once it's deemed ready, it will go to the Stable channel and will be added to the new Windows 10 feature updates as a Store-updatable, inbox application. Microsoft still isn't providing a target date as to when Chredge will be generally available, but it's unlikely to happen until either very late this year or sometime in 2020.

Microsoft says there have been more than one million downloads of its Chredge preview builds downloaded on all supported platforms since the company began making test builds available in April this year. The beta version released today will be updated roughly once every six weeks. The Beta channel is the third and final "preview" channel for Chromium-based Edge, also known unofficially by some of us Microsoft watchers as "Chredge." Microsoft already made available the Canary (updated daily) and Dev (updated weekly) channel builds of its new Edge browser. The Beta channel is open to anyone running Windows 10, 7, 8/8.1 and/or macOS and the beta version is immediately available for download from the Edge Insider site. Microsoft is making the official beta of its Chromium-based Edge browser available today, August 20. Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade
