Microsoft today released Edge Dev 100.0.1156.1 with a number of fixes and improvements. It is the first build based on Chromium 100, which also allows signing into the browser with a work or school account on Linux.
Category: Microsoft Edge
Microsoft is working on Visual Search for Web Capture in Edge
Windows 10 and 11 have dozens of different tools to take screenshots. For that reason, the Web Capture tool in Microsoft Edge may seem redundant or even useless. Soon, though, Microsoft will make Web Capture more appealing by adding Visual Search support.
Microsoft fixed a bug with extensions disabling Startup Boost and Edge Bar
Startup Boost is one of the features that make the browser from Microsoft feel incredibly snappy and fast. Of course, it comes with a downside of having a couple of Edge processes in the background, but in return, you get a browser that launches in an instant.
Microsoft Edge 98 is now available in the Stable channel
Following Google and its Chrome 98 update, Microsoft updated the Edge browser to the same version 98. The latest version does not contain many new features, but there are some noticeable improvements.
Microsoft Edge Add-ons Store is now region-specific
Microsoft Edge supports installing extensions from the Chrome Web Store, which means the browser no longer suffers from the lack of popular extensions. Still, the software giant continues investing in its own add-ons store for the Edge browser. The latest update for the Edge Add-ons Store brings discoverability improvements and region-specific collections.
Edge 99.0.1150.2 brought a few new features to the Dev channel before leaving it
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.
Edge is getting persistent banners with sports results
Next time you launch the Edge browser, you may find a somewhat unexpected banner with sports results at the bottom of every page. That is not malware or adware. That is Microsoft infecting Edge with yet another needless feature made to promote Bing and its services.
Edge allows setting Bing Video of the day as the New Tab Page background
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.
Windows 11-style overlay scrollbars are coming to Google Chrome
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 Edge is getting an updated passwords page
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.
