A new stable version of the Edge browser is available for Windows users. It adds a new feature - the AI theme generator. It allows creating browser themes from a text description provided by the user. Edge will also offer to create a page summary with Copilot for websites with text articles. Finally, there are new policies.
Category: Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge introduces AI-powered real-time video translator
Microsoft Edge now includes a widely available AI-powered translator for videos that translates them in real time. It is accessible in the Beta and Dev versions of the browser as of now. You can now activate it with a couple of flags. The feature allows translating videos on the fly. As you may remember, it made its first appearance in November 2023 to a few users, but wasn't working by that time. Now you can give it a try.
Microsoft Edge may now load its Browser Essentials up to 76% faster
Microsoft is working to make the user interface of the Edge browser more responsive. The company has started optimizations with the Browser Essentials tool. The UI is now 42% faster for Edge users and 76% faster on devices without an SSD or with less than 8GB RAM.
Microsoft Edge will block screenshots of protected web pages
Microsoft is adding screenshot prevention controls to Edge for Business. This will prevent users from transmitting the content of protected web pages to competitors, relatives and journalists.
Microsoft Edge is getting real-time voice translation and dubbing for videos
Build 2024: In the near future, Microsoft Edge will get a new AI-powered translator that will handle videos in real time from sites like YouTube, LinkedIn, etc. The app will translate and create subtitles, as well as dubbing the voice (voice-over translation).
Microsoft Edge 125 stable is now available
Microsoft is now rolling out the stable version of Microsoft Edge 125, which brings with it general improvements, fixes, and a few new features. The full version is 125.0.2535.5.
How Enable the Ram Limiter in Microsoft Edge (Resource Controls)
In this post, we will see how to enable the Ram Limiter feature of Resource Controls in the Edge browser. It allows you to limit the amount of memory the browser can use when you gaming (or all the time). The feature has been announced officially, but is still comes to users gradually.
Not activated Windows will block some Microsoft Edge settings
In the near future, Windows 11 will prevent you from customizing the Edge browser if the OS is not activated. It will be similar to how it currently blocks the Settings options, mostly related to the Personalization section. Blocking the OS-specific options are not new to Windows 11, the same approach can be found in earlier releases. But blocking the browser options are definitely a new thing.
Microsoft Edge adds Internet Speed Test for everyone
Several versions earlier, including Edge 107, the browser had a speed test for your internet connection in the sidebar. It was a part of the "Tools" set, which includes several tiny utilities, mostly web based, for your productivity. There is a calculator, a unit converter, and so on. At some point, Microsoft has scrapped the Internet Speed Test from the browser, but now it is back to all users and release channels.
Microsoft Edge 125 introduces the RAM Limiter feature
Microsoft Edge 125, currently in Beta, introduces a feature to limit RAM consumption. There is now a new option in Setting that allows you to determine how much RAM the web browser can use in games or for content tasks. It is located under System and Performance > Performance Management.
