Microsoft Edge built for ARM PCs now available in Canary channel

After some gentle prodding, Microsoft today released the native ARM64 version of its new Edge browser for testing. Bachelor initially in the Canary channel, the browser should offer improve overall operation and bombardment life for Windows ten on ARM PCs.

Previously, without a native version of the browser publicly available, ARM PCs could only run the new Edge through emulation, which means the lawmaking isn't optimized for the platform. The native ARM64 version of the browser has been in testing for some fourth dimension internally at Microsoft, so it was puzzling when this version of the browser wasn't released for testing alongside the launch of the Surface Pro X. With its entry into the Canary channe today, that's no longer an issue and it should requite Microsoft time to get plenty of feedback on the Dev and Beta channels when it hits them in the coming weeks or months.

We're pleased to announce that Microsoft Edge for ARM is now available in the Canary channel! Canary is now congenital natively for the ARM64 architecture that powers some Windows x devices, including the new Surface Pro X. It will soon come to the Dev and Beta channels too. pic.twitter.com/cKg1H3Utfd
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) November xiii, 2022

The new Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge is set for release on January fifteen, 2022, on Windows and macOS. It'southward unclear, for now, whether the ARM version will exist a included in that initial launch. However, it'south a positive sign that it has officially entered public testing.

Y'all can download the Microsoft Edge Beta, Dev, and Canary channels from the Edge Insider site at present.

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