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Microsoft Edge to Get Own Windows Store Update-Channel with Redstone 3 Update Later This Year

According to reports, Windows 10´s Edge browser updates will get separated from the OS to speed up its development. The change is expected to become effective with Windows 10 Redstone 3 which is due in September 2017.

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Edge is still suffering from a very low market share and Microsoft seems to be exploring ways to speed up its development.

As a report from Neowin points out, the company is planning to separate the fully OS-integrated browser to some extend by starting to manage its updates via the Windows Store.

This would allow for more frequent feature upgrades as those could be pushed anytime and would not depend on larger Updates. (There are “just” three major Windows updates per year)

While Edge is enjoying the benefit of being integrated in the OS, and promoted heavily by Microsoft, user adoption has been very slow. Microsoft Edge might be faster than Chrome, Firefox and other browsers, but it still lacks many features which are considered standard for modern web-browsers.

The lack of extensions does not help either, as those would allow users to upgrade the browsers capabilities based on their needs. Currently there are just 32 Microsoft Edge extensions available.

Microsoft Edge Market Share

According to latest data from Netmarketshare, is currently used by just five percent of all internet users. Even Microsoft Internet Explorer is more popular with about 14%, although those are mostly users that still run Windows 7 or Windows 8.

After some percentage gains during winter, the adoption rate for Microsoft Edge has slowed down again in the last three months. Putting a bigger emphasis on updates for the Windows 10 browser is definitely an important move. Microsoft should have taken this approach already in the beginning.

SourceNeowin
Markus Kasanmascheff
Markus Kasanmascheff
Markus is the founder of WinBuzzer and has been playing with Windows and technology for more than 25 years. He is holding a Master´s degree in International Economics and previously worked as Lead Windows Expert for Softonic.com.

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