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On 6 December 2018, Microsoft announced a plan to rebuild Edge from scratch, based on [[w:Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]. The plan called for the 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 had already leaked two weeks prior. The final version was released on 15 January 2020. | On 6 December 2018, Microsoft announced a plan to rebuild Edge from scratch, based on [[w:Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]. The plan called for the 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 had 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. | 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. | ||
The [[Windows 10 October 2020 Update]] and [[Windows Server 2022]] are the first releases of Windows and Windows Server to include the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, respectively. | The [[Windows 10 October 2020 Update]] and [[Windows Server 2022]] are the first releases of Windows and Windows Server to include the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, respectively. | ||