Microsoft has released a new update of Microsoft Edge Chromium-based browser to make it on Windows and Mac versions are up to 80.
While Microsoft in this release also made some other changes, but there is no doubt, the biggest change is the addition of support for the Surface Pro X, which is Microsoft's announcement in late 2019 of ARM processor-driven Surface.
Surface Pro X is Microsoft to compete with Google Chromebook alternative. To this end, Microsoft must provide a full-featured browser for the customer, but choose the moment ARM64 system is still very limited.
Microsoft said its ARM optimized specifically for the new Microsoft Surface Pro X, including optimized handover tabs and Web content presentation. Now, thanks to this unique code for ARM version improvements, all content should have a faster response and faster.
At present, although ARM-based Windows device still has not been popular, but Microsoft has been vigorously pushing these devices as an alternative Chromebook. Surface Pro X is Microsoft investing in modern pioneer in this field, the company hopes other PC makers, including its long-term partner Dell, Lenovo, HP and other companies that can help expand this product category by developing their own different models .
In addition, due to the transition to the Chromium engine, Microsoft Edge can now cross-platform use. And this update from Microsoft to Google released its own browser Chrome 80 version only separated by a few days.
Microsoft also plans to introduce Microsoft Edge Linux, but the company has not disclosed a timetable on this plan, at present, all work carried out on both Windows and Mac versions, these versions are maintained Canary, Dev, Beta and Stable channels .