Your browser will prompt you for how to proceed (an old Edge prompt, as it happens!) I hopefully don’t need to prompt you to click the Download button but… Click the download button. Okay, then how do you update to the new, fancy Microsoft Edge? One way is to jump into the Microsoft Store app and search for ‘edge’:Ĭhoose the first match – Get the new Microsoft Edge – and it’ll actually open up the browser for the download it’s apparently too big or too complicated to include as a download within the Microsoft Store itself… No way around it, and probably no upgrade will ever be released again. If you’re seeing something like the above, you’re on the old Edge. Once you’re in Settings, simple scroll down to the very bottom of the narrow window, where version number will be shown:
You can also check for version number too, if you’re so inclined. You’re running the old Microsoft Edge and need to upgrade to the newer version!
Or, what I prefer, just look on your TaskBar to see what color the Edge icon is. Look on the top left to see the old icons. If you’re running the pre-Chromium version of Microsoft Edge, you’ll see something like this: The easiest way is to just launch your Web browser. Okay, so let’s start by checking to see if you have new Microsoft Edge already or not! HOW TO CHECK FOR OLD MICROSOFT EDGE There are probably going to be ways you can re-download the old Edge, but why would you? The new version is faster, more secure, and far more capable, not to mention the great job Microsoft’s done integrating it into the Windows world and Office both. Chromium is the open source foundation of Google Chrome too, so it turns out that new Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome share a lot of code inside. If you’re using Microsoft Internet Explorer, well, apparently you’ll be safe, which is weird, because IE hasn’t been updated for quite a while and is definitely not your best option, even from Microsoft! Indeed, the new Microsoft Edge is a really good browser with a layer of Microsoft integration built atop the Chromium base. It’s true, all the tech sites are reporting it, in the April, 2021 Windows 10 update, Microsoft is going to bump everyone still using the old Microsoft Edge Web browser to the new one.
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