Microsoft Edge Preview Builds

Corrine · Oct 21, 2020

Dev channel update to 88.0.673.0 is live

The move to major build 88 includes the first release for Linux to the Dev channel. Details are available at Introducing Microsoft Edge preview builds for Linux.

Added features:

Added the ability to take a screenshot of a webpage and add ink to it.
Added extra error information to tabs when they crash due to sandbox conflict.
Improved Single Sign-On support on Mac.
Added a management policy to control the Edge Shopping Assistant. Note that updates to documentation and administrative templates haven’t been made yet.
Added a management policy to configure how URLs are copied from Edge. Note that updates to documentation and administrative templates haven’t happened yet.
Added a management policy to prevent the automatic redirection of incompatible websites from Internet Explorer to Edge. Note that this policy specifically prevents the installation of a component in Internet Explorer required for redirection to occur, and updates to documentation and administrative templates haven’t happened yet.
Added a management policy to control the automatic redirection of incompatible websites from Internet Explorer to Edge. Note that this redirection is enabled by default, and updates to documentation and administrative templates haven’t happened yet.
Added a management policy to hide the informational dialog that’s shown the first time an automatic redirection from an incompatible website in Internet Explorer to Edge occurs. Note that hiding this popup also disables the automatic import of user data from Internet Explorer to Edge and updates to documentation and administrative templates haven’t happened yet.
Deprecated the management policy to allow WebDriver to Override Incompatible Policies.

Corrine · Oct 27, 2020

Vertical tabs preview now available in the Canary and Dev channels - Microsoft Tech Community

Vertical tabs preview now available in the Canary and Dev channels

Tomorrow, we’re releasing an early preview of vertical tabs in Microsoft Edge. This feature, which is now available in the Canary and Dev channels, allows you to find and manage large numbers of tabs quicker and easier than ever before.

Corrine · Oct 29, 2020

Dev channel update to 88.0.680.1 is live

Added features:

Adding support for Caret Mode to PDFs.
Added a warning dialog when closing a Web Capture that’s been inked on but not saved.
Added support for enhanced copy and paste on Mac.
Added a management policy to control Startup Boost. Note that updates to documentation and administrative templates haven’t happened yet.

Corrine · Nov 3, 2020

Dev channel update to 88.0.685.3 is live.

Added features:

Added support for pre-rendered new tab pages on Linux.
Added Mac support for the management policy to Configure Friendly URL Format.

Corrine · Nov 10, 2020

Dev channel update to 88.0.692.0 is live

Added features:

Added the ability to pin a website to the Start Menu.
Enabled support for Guided Switch on Mac.
Added the ability for Kiosk Mode to open all popups in new tabs instead of windows.

Corrine · Nov 17, 2020

Dev channel update to 88.0.702.0 is live

Note: This is the last Dev update for the month.

Added Features:

Added the ability to add text notes to PDFs. Note that support is limited to Windows for now. For more details, see https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/articles/pdf-note-taking-enhanced-with-support-for-text-comme....
Added the ability for Edge to proactively find and show coupons while shopping. Note that this feature is not available for work and school accounts.
Rolled out support for automatic deduplication of favorites more broadly. Now, deduplication will occur every time favorites are synced to the device.
Added the ability to take a screenshot of the entire webpage using Web Capture.
Added settings to the Pinning Wizard to generate more default suggestions.
Added support in the IE mode sitelist to be able to specify schemes (http/https) alongside the host and path.
Added new management policies to configure whether or not Sleeping Tabs are Enabled, to configure the Timeout until they go to sleep, and to configure the list of URLs that are Blocked from going to sleep. Note that updates to administrative templates or documentation may not be available yet.
Enabled support for the management policy to Block External Extensions from Chromium.
Updated icons across Edge to be more consistent with the Fluent design scheme.

Corrine · Dec 1, 2020

Dev channel update to 88.0.705.9 is live

Added features:

Improved the History menu to be able to have an icon next to the address bar, to show all the tabs available in recently closed windows, and to be pinnable as a side pane like the recently improved Favorites menu. For more details, see https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/articles/improvements-to-history-in-microsoft-edge/td-p/18965....
Added the ability for Edge to generate new passwords.
Added the ability to copy and edit passwords stored in the browser.
Add price comparison capabilities to the coupons flyout.
Added Picture in Picture support on Mac OS. Support on other devices coming later.
Finished rolling out the search Sidebar.
Enabled the creation of text notes in PDFs on non-Windows platforms.
Added a new management policy to Allow Vertical Tabs. Note that updates to administrative templates or documentation may not be available yet.
Improved the layout of the Cookies and Site Permissions Settings.
Added a management policy on Mac OS to Override the Update Policy normally used on that OS. Note that updates to administrative templates or documentation may not be available yet.
Enabled support for the management policies to Allow Legacy TLS Protocols in Web RTC, set a Printer Type Deny List, and change Intranet Redirect Behavior from Chromium.

Corrine · Dec 8, 2020

Dev channel update to 89.0.723.0 is live

Added features:

Added the ability to run an on-demand scan for leaked passwords from the Passwords Settings page.
Added a website permission to Cookies and Site Data for pre-loading websites.
Added an option to have downloaded PDFs open in the default PDF reader instead of Edge.
Added keyboard shortcut information to the Share, Copy, and Paste Settings page.
Enabled work from Chromium to reduce battery usage by background tabs.
Enabled support for management policies from Chromium for Printing Allowed Background Graphics Modes and Printing Background Graphics Default.

Corrine · Dec 15, 2020

Dev channel update to 89.0.731.0 is live

Note: This will be the last scheduled release to Dev, Beta, and Stable for the year (small fixes will be published if necessary). Canary will continue through the holidays.

Added features:

Added an indicator to show when a tab has been muted because the underlying system audio has been muted.
Added an option to Settings to disable downloading Edge updates over metered connections. Note that this is currently only available on Windows 10.
Added a Setting to disable the F12 entry point to the Dev Tools.
Added support for forcing popup windows into new tabs instead in Kiosk mode.
Enabled support for the management policies from Chromium to Enable Basic Auth Over HTTP, and that Target Blank Implies No Opener.

Corrine · Jan 6, 2021

Dev channel update to 89.0.752.1 is live

Added features:

Added an option to Share, Copy and Paste Settings to disable enhanced link copying for links on webpages.
Added filtering capability to Price Comparison.
Added an icon to the PDF toolbar for Find On Page.
Added support for verifying digital signatures of PDFs on Mac. Note that this feature is still behind a flag.
Finished rolling out Sleeping Tabs. For more details, see Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge: Delivering better browser performance.

Corrine · Jan 12, 2021

Dev channel update to 89.0.760.0 is live

Added features:

Enabled Password Monitor on Mac.
Added Edge Update policies to edge://policy/.
Enabled support for the Browsing Data Lifetime management policy from Chromium.
Added a management policy to Define Preferred Languages. Note that updates to documentation or administrative templates may not be available yet.

Corrine · Jan 19, 2021

Dev channel update to 89.0.767.0 is live

Added features:

Added the ability to save and autofill birthdays.
Added the ability for autofill to read data such as addresses that have been copied to the clipboard and suggest them as potential autofill candidates when filling in the associated fields in a webpage.
Added Share to the … menu in websites installed as apps.
Finished rolling out Vertical Tabs.
Added a management policy to control whether or not to Show Recommendations. Note that updates to documentation or administrative templates may not have occurred yet.
Added a management policy to control Cloud Policy retrieval. Note that updates to documentation or administrative templates may not be available yet.

Corrine · Jan 27, 2021

Dev channel update to 89.0.774.4 is live

This is the last build for version 89. See the blog post for what is included.

Added features:

Added an option to add the current page to a Collection when right-clicking on that Collection in the list of Collections.
Improved performance of Read Aloud in PDFs.

Corrine · Feb 2, 2021

Dev channel update to 90.0.782.0 is live

Watch for the new downloads experience described at Introducing the new downloads experience

Added features:

Improved on smoothness and latency when inking PDFs. For more details, click here: Inking experience improvements in Edge.
Added the Collections item to the … menu in InPrivate windows since Collections are now supported in InPrivate.
Improved the Cookies In Use dialog to show more information about a given cookie.
Added a management policy to manage the Smart Actions Block List, which prevents certain context menu actions from being available, and for Windows Hello For HTTP Auth Enabled to control whether or not the basic credential prompt appears for NTLM or Negotiate. Note that updates to administrative templates or documentation may not be available yet.
Enabled support for the management policy from Chromium to configure the Managed Configuration Per Origin for websites installed as apps.

Corrine · Feb 9, 2021

Dev channel update to 90.0.789.1 is live - Microsoft Tech Community.

See Simplify and secure your life with Microsoft’s autofill solution for passwords | Windows Experience Blog for information about the password management feature within the Microsoft Authenticator app.

Added features:

Added options for a simplified right-click menu for PDFs. Note that actual changes to the right-click menu are still being rolled out, so these settings may not be functional yet.
Added management policies for Quick View Office Files Enabled, which controls whether or not Office files can be opened directly in Edge instead of being downloaded, and for Application Guard Favorites Sync Enabled to control whether or not Application Guard windows should have access to the same set of Favorites as non-Application Guard windows. Note that updates to administrative templates or documentation may not have occurred yet.

Corrine · Feb 17, 2021

Dev channel update to 90.0.796.0 is live

Added features:

Added the ability to start typing to search as soon as the favorites and history menus are open and loaded.
Added suggestions from local browsing history when clicking on the empty address bar on the new tab page.
Added support for Friendly Names for certificates in the certificate picker.
Enabled Single Sign-On for Mac, fixing an issue where certain websites can’t login.
Improved messaging when certain permissions are restricted when viewing a protected PDF.
Deprecated the management policy to Enable Native Window Occlusion in favor of the newly-added policy to Enable Window Occlusion. Note that updates to administrative templates or documentation may not have occurred yet.
Enabled support for the management policy to control SSL Error Override Allowed For Origins from upstream Chromium.

Corrine · Feb 23, 2021

Dev channel update to 90.0.803.0 is live - Microsoft Tech Community

Added features:

Added the ability to customize keyboard shortcuts in the F12 Dev Tools.
Added support for showing the friendly name of a certificate when viewing its details in the Windows certificate viewer.
Enabled the redesigned, smaller context menus for PDFs by default.
Enabled support for the management policy to control Print Rasterization Mode from Chromium.

Corrine · Mar 3, 2021

Dev channel update to 90.0.810.1 is live

Included in the blog post is a link to an overview of the new extensions menu on the toolbar: Introducing the new Extensions menu on the toolbar.

Added features:

Added the ability to drag and drop links onto the vertical tabs pane to open them in a new tab.
Added the ability to resize the vertical tabs pane.
Added support for more in-page translation languages.
Finished rolling out the new mini context menus in PDFs.

Corrine · Mar 9, 2021

Dev channel update to 90.0.818.0 is live

This is expected to be the final build for major version 90 and will be sent for beta review soon. See the blog post for improvements and changes as well as known issues.

Added features:

Added the ability to sort overall Collections.
Added the ability to drag and drop downloaded files from the list in the Downloads popup into webpages or folders.
Added the ability for users to manually search through their autofill data by pressing the / key.
Added an option to the Disable Developer Mode Extensions popup to stop showing it. Note that this popup only appears in Beta and Stable.
Finished rolling out the new Downloads popup menu.
Finished rolling out Startup Boost.

Corrine · Mar 16, 2021

Dev channel update to 91.0.825.0 is live

The first release of Build 91 to the Dev channel includes the following added features:

Added the ability to read Wikipedia pages in Immersive Reader with support for their built-in Table of Contents. Note that this is still being rolled out; for more details, click here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/articles/make-reading-wikipedia-content-easier-and-more-acces....
Finished rolling out on-demand password generation from the context menu.
Improved Read Aloud to skip extraneous content on some webpages.
Added a management policy to control if New Tab Page Quick Links are Enabled. Note that updates to documentation or administrative templates may not be available yet.
Enabled the Chromium management policy to control Fetch Keepalive Duration On Shutdown.

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