Category: Microsoft Edge

You can finally enable Microsoft Account and Sync in Edge on Linux. Until today the ability to sign-in with your Microsoft Account and sync your bookmarks, passwords, and other browsing data was not available to Linux users, but this has changed.

With the release of Edge 86, Microsoft introduced DNS over HTTPS support (DoH) in the stable channel. It makes the browser resolve DNS queries over the encrypted HTTPS protocol. It has several advantages: DNS over HTTPS improves privacy, prevents man-in-the-middle attacks, and improves performance. Also, using DoH allows bypass censorship and connection filtering by DNS.

The Define command in Microsoft Edge has received a few updates in the latest Canary version. Finally, it properly displays a word definition, and its UI is now more polished.

Edge will soon allow you to share browsing data with other Windows features. Microsoft is currently working on a deeper integration of the Edge browser with Windows features like Search. A new option, currently available to a small select group of Insiders, allows Edge to share its browsing data, including history, bookmarks, top sites, recent tabs, etc with Windows Search.

How to Disable Vertical Tabs Auto-expand When Collapsed in Microsoft Edge.

There is a new hidden feature in Microsoft Edge that allows you to lock the vertical tab bar from expanding automatically when it is collapsed and you hover it with you mouse pointer. By enabling this mode, you will make the vertical tabs remain minimized to the left.

Microsoft inches closer to the release of Edge 90 in the Stable channel. The next major update for the browser is now available in the Beta channel, which is the last testing phase before the global rollout. Edge 90 Beta contains all the new features, improvements, and fixes previously available in the Dev channel (Dev now offers Edge 91.) Here are the most notable changes you will see once Edge 90 become available.

Microsoft has updated the Dev channel of Edge with a new build that is based on Chromium 91. It doesn't include a lot of new features, but some of the changes are pleasant and interesting.

A couple of weeks ago, Google announced significant changes to the Chromium release schedule. These changes directly affect Chrome’s update frequency. With the release of Chrome 94, the most popular browser will start receiving major updates every four weeks instead of six weeks, as it was for the last decade. Because Edge is using the same rendering engine and Microsoft is actively contributing to Chromium Project, the company has announced that it would adapt the same four-week schedule as well. 

If you follow Edge development, you may remember that the browser supports tab thumbnail previews. The feature was hidden behind a flag and not activated in the stable release of Edge, but now it is enabled by default in the Dev version of the browser.