Replace the blue portion with Channel=Beta to get the following link: While the download page tells that the Beta version is not available/coming soon, you can modify the URL parameters and replace the Canary or Dev portion with Beta to get a working download link for the Beta version of the Edge browser. To download the app, point your web browser to the following page:ĭownload Microsoft Edge Preview Accessing the Beta version The released build versions are as follows: It looks like Microsoft is not going to make the new browser available for Linux.Īnother interesting thing is that some users were managed to get these 'Windows 10' builds working under Windows 7. It is interesting that this Chromium-based Edge browser is also coming for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. The 'Beta' Channel build is missing as of now, but its badge hints that it is coming soon. The official preview builds of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser are available for Windows 10 only. Microsoft has already made a number of contributions to the Chromium project, helping to port the project to Windows on ARM. The company promises to contribute more to the Chromium project, and to release its preview version soon. Microsoft explains that the intention behind this move is to create better web compatibility for customers and less fragmentation for web developers. As you may already know, Microsoft Edge, the default web browser of Windows 10, is moving to a Chromium-compatible web engine in the Desktop version.

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