Like Microsoft, Apple weds its browser upgrades to its operating system refreshes, so it has just the one opportunity to add significant features and functionality, the reason why its annual list of additions and improvements is extremely long by the standards of Chrome or Firefox.Īpple has yet to upgrade Safari this year, although it plans to deliver Safari 12 this fall as part of macOS Mojave, and as a separate download for users of the two prior editions, High Sierra (2017) and Sierra (2016). SafariĪpple retooled Safari just once last year, when it upgraded macOS from 10.12 (Sierra) to 10.13 (High Sierra). Note: The company does push out security fixes for Edge throughout the year as part of its monthly patching efforts.
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Microsoft has upgraded Edge just once this year, on April 30, when it issued Windows 10 version 1803 Edge 17 was part of that operating system update. In that same period, Google released more than four Chrome updates, while Mozilla launched nearly as many. 17) 195 days apart, the second-longest period between upgrades. In 2017, Microsoft rolled out Edge 15 (April 5) and Edge 16 (Oct. Splitting Windows 10 and Edge, of course, would let Microsoft refresh Edge more often than twice each year, the frequency of its operating system feature upgrades. company was reportedly considering cutting ties between its Windows 10 upgrade tempo and that of Edge by offering the latter in its online app market, it has not done so. Microsoft upgraded its Edge browser, the default for Windows 10, only twice in 2017.Īlthough the Redmond, Wash. So far in 2018, Mozilla has updated Firefox three times, with an average span of nearly 60 days, considerably longer than in 2017. The shortest interval between updates was 42 days (Firefox 51 to 52, the latter in March), while the longest was 56 days (Firefox 55 to 56, in September). 14) on an average cadence of 49 days, a span about 10% longer than Google's Chrome. Last year, Mozilla upgraded Firefox 51 (Jan. Mozilla refreshed Firefox seven times in 2017, coming in second behind Google and Chrome in the frequency sweepstakes. So far this year, Google has upgraded Chrome four times, with an average interval of 43.5 days, or slightly shorter than in 2017 as a whole. The shortest stretch between updates was 41 days (Chrome 57 to Chrome 58, the latter in April), while the longest was 50 days (a two-version tie in July and December). 6), Google refreshed the browser on an average tempo of 45 days, the shortest interval of the big four. Google updated Chrome eight times in 2017, the most of any of the Big Four browsers.įrom Chrome 56 (Jan.
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