Category: Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge 99.0.1150.2, which is the last Edge 99 release in the Dev channel, includes a notable number of novelties, such as Password Monitor on iOS, and shopping tools on Android. Traditionally, it includes several bugfixes.

The New Tab Page in Microsoft Edge now allows you to set Bing's video of the day in a loop instead of a static background image. There is also a pause button to stop video playback at any time.

Microsoft is about to contribute the overlay scrollbars style they implemented in Edge to the underlying Chromium project. Once the patch will be accepted, Chrome on Windows will get scrollbars that go well with the appearance of Windows 11.

Microsoft has done a number of changes to the Passwords page in Edge. Currently available in the Canary version, it makes the saved passwords management a little bit more convenient.

Microsoft has released a new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge build 99.0.1141.0 to the Dev Channel, which comes with mostly stability improvements and fixes.

Microsoft announced a new intelligent feature coming soon to the Edge browser. Edge users in the Canary and Dev channels can now test the new "Text Prediction" capability. It will work in conjunction with the Microsoft Editor integration (announced in 2021) and let users type faster.

Microsoft is constantly experimenting with new features and capabilities to see what sticks to the wall and what does not. A new sidebar is the latest experiment available to some Edge Insiders in the Canary channel.

Microsoft plans to release Edge 100 in early March 2022. A little more than one month before the stable release, Microsoft wants to ensure that moving from a two-digit version to a three-digit one will not throw a wrench into the Internet.

Microsoft just updated the Dev channel of the Edge browser with a new build. Edge Dev 99.0.1135.5 is a minor update that is now available to Insiders. The most notable change in this version is Web Capture in PDFs, and a policy to disable the Games feature.