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.
Category: Microsoft Edge
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.
Microsoft Edge Dev 99.0.1141.0 is available for download
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 Edge gets smart text predictions
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 testing a sidebar with various tools in Edge
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 is testing Edge 100 user-agent to ensure it does not break websites
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.
