Microsoft still supports Edge Chromium after the death of Windows 7

Windows 7 has officially entered the phase of discontinuing support (EoS), meaning that users will not receive any additional feature updates and security patches starting January 14. by.

However, there is still good news for those who decide to live and die with Windows 7, which is the new Edge Chromium browser platform on Windows 7 will still be fully supported by Microsoft even though the operating system has been declared. death.

In a related news, Google also announced that it will continue to support Google Chrome in Windows 7 until at least July 15, 2021 so that individuals and organizations have enough time. upgrade to Windows 10. Therefore Chrome users on Windows 7 will still be able to use the security features of the browser such as quarantining malicious websites, safe browsing, password protection .

As such, Microsoft's decision to continue supporting Edge Chromium on Windows 7 was greatly influenced by Google's previous announcement. Simply because the new Edge browser is developed based on the Chromium kernel from Google, so there will be certain intrinsic similarities between Edge Chromium and Chrome.

According to another report from technology magazine Neowin, Microsoft has decided to continue supporting new Microsoft Edge in Windows 7 until Google ends similar support policies. So if nothing changes, Microsoft will also support Edge Chromium in Windows 7 until July 15, 2021.

It must be affirmed that this is a smart move for both companies because there is absolutely no technical reason why either of these browsers cannot be used in all versions of Windows from Windows 7 to Windows 10. , unless there is a core change in the Windows operating system. Therefore, it is unreasonable to immediately stop supporting Edge or Chrome in Windows 7, which may cause negative reactions from the community.

Of course, the best solution for users of these two browser platforms is still to switch to using Windows 10 as soon as possible for long-term support.