14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10’s new default browser is not yet widely adopted by users across the world, but as far as Microsoft is concerned, Edge is improving quite fast and the current usage numbers are satisfying given the fact that the app has been around for only a few months.
Specifically, Microsoft claims that there are 150 million devices using Edge browser right now, which, according to the company itself, shows that more people discover the advances that this new application brings to the table.
Microsoft hasn’t provided too much information on exactly how it collected these details and how accurate they actually are, but third-party stats from firms such as Net Applications indicate that adoption of Edge browser isn’t the best so far, with only about 3 percent of PCs running the browser on a regular basis.
Adoption going according to the plan
The software giant said that in just 8 months, Edge has received a total of 12 updates, most of which were small feature improvements or bug fixes. A total of 128 new features have been added since launch, most of them under the hood, and thousands of problems reported by users have already been fixed.
Edge browser is set to receive even more improvements in the coming months, as the app is becoming a key focus for Microsoft, with the Anniversary Update specifically bringing several important changes. Extensions will become available for retail users with this update as they are already up for test in the existing preview builds.
Furthermore, Microsoft will include Edge notifications in the Action Center, an update that pretty much makes sense given the fact that this is the place where all messages and prompts are supposed to be stored. Download info and web notifications in Microsoft Edge will be displayed in the Action Center starting with the Anniversary Update, with these features very likely to become available for insiders very soon in a preview build.