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Microsoft has announced a major update to the release schedule for its Edge web browser on all platforms that will see the company release new versions of the app on a much faster cadence; now every two weeks instead of once a month.
"Microsoft Edge is moving to a two-week release cycle, bringing new features and improvements to users and organizations faster than ever," says Microsoft in a blog post published earlier today. "For customers on Stable, the practical effect of the new cycle is smaller, steadier change. Each release brings about half as much new content as before, delivered twice as often."
This means that although the browser will be updated more often, users are unlikely to notice an uptick in feature quantity. The more frequent updates will be half as big, which should balance out to about the same amount of features and changes being delivered monthly.
Microsoft says that this change is good for users and enterprises as it means "security and platform improvements reach your users faster, and each change set is smaller, which can make validation more manageable."
For those uninterested in a faster update cycle for Microsoft Edge, the company already offers a longer-term servicing channel known as Stable Extended which isn't changing schedule. This release channel is updated once every two months, and that's remaining unchanged.
For everyone else on the normal Stable channel, Microsoft says to expect this new two-week release cycle to kick into gear with Edge 152, which is expected to debut on August 27. That means Edge Stable has just a couple of more months on the current release schedule before things are kicked up a notch.
This change is taking place to align with Google Chrome, which announced that it too was moving to a two week release cycle back in March.
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