How To Update Microsoft Edge Chromium Browser

In the beginning of this year, Microsoft released the Chromium based Edge browser. The browser was developed with Chromium open source project and other open source software. It is available for Windows 10/8/8.1/7/Server and MacOS. In this article, we’ll see how you can update Microsoft Edge Chromium browser.

The Microsoft Edge Insider program is actively releasing new builds of Chromium Edge to different channels. You can join this program to get latest development builds of Edge. The program releases the new build of browser in Dev, Beta and Canary channels. Dev channel is updated weekly, while you can get daily updates for Canary build. In Beta channel, the browser gets a major updates in every 6 weeks. If you want to change the channel of your browser, simply download the channel’s latest build from Edge Insider website.

For legacy Microsoft Edge browser, shipped with Windows 10, the updates were provided with Windows Updates. So when you install latest updates, legacy Edge browser gets automatically updated. You never needed to manually update it. Also, Microsoft is about to retire legacy Edge browser and replace it with new Chromium based Edge.

The new Microsoft Edge have ability to search and install latest updates automatically. However, if you need to update it manually, here’s how to do that.

That’s it!