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 === Transition to the Chromium engine ===
-On 6 December 2018, Microsoft announced a plan to rebuild Edge from scratch as a classic Win32 application, which would be based on [[Google Chrome|Chromium]] and would be available for Windows 7, 8.x and 10. It is also planned to bring Edge to "other platforms like macOS". On or before 24 March 2019, preview versions of the Chromium-based browser were leaked to the internet. On or before 8 April 2019, preview versions of the new browser were officially released. The Chromium version of Edge (codenamed ''Anaheim'') was released on 15 January 2020.
+On 6 December 2018, Microsoft announced a plan to rebuild Edge from scratch, based on [[Google Chrome|Chromium]]. The plan called for new Edge to be available for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, as well as "other platforms like macOS". The first preview version of the new browser was officially released on 8 April 2019, although a build has already leaked two weeks prior. The final version was released on 15 January 2020.
 On 17 August 2020, Microsoft announced that the legacy version of Edge would no longer be supported from 9 March 2021 and that they recommend people to switch to the Chromium based version.