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Microsoft Edge Dev Version 117.0.2045.7 is available.  No information about the changes has been posted at Microsoft Edge Insider - Microsoft Community Hub yet.

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Microsoft Edge Dev Version 118.0.2048.1 is available.  Again, no information about the changes has been posted at Microsoft Edge Insider - Microsoft Community Hub yet.

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Dev Channel update to 119.0.2109 is live

This update includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below.

New updates for Snipping Tool and Phone Link begin rolling out to Windows Insiders - Microsoft Edge ...

Added features:

• Added support for installing Wallet as a progress web app (PWA).
• Added a generic sidebar icon to the toolbar in case of Bing chat being disabled.
• Allow 'tab to sleep option', even when automatic sleeping tabs is disabled.
• Enabled closing the side pane if user navigates in same tab or open any other URL if side pane is already opened.
• Added a toggle for enabling or disabling screenshots capture for history.

Improved reliability:  

• Fixed a browser crash when clicking back button in split screen.
• Fixed a browser crash when using 'find on page' and then clicking on sidebar search box.
• Fixed a crash with microphone permissions in skype chat pane when invoked from hub icon.
• Android: Fixed a Bing SDK related crash
• Fixed a browser crash in NTP page when clicking on address bar.
• Mac: Fixed a crash when dev tools window enters full screen.
• iOS: Fixed a shopping crash

Changed behavior:

• Improved high contrast text colors for a number of settings.
• Fixed Launch Source time format function.
• Fixed web dialog position calculation for vertical split situation
• Fixed toggle button showing same color for on and off states in GMC (Global Media Controls) dialog box.
• Android: Fixed a bug that caused the divider line to disappear in Omnibox.
• Fixed a bug when clicking tab suggestion to opened tab

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Dev Channel update to 119.0.2151.2 is live

This includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below.

Microsoft Envision | The Tour: How to lead in the era of AI – (Microsoft Edge Blog)
DALL-E 3 now available in Bing Chat and Bing.com/create, for free! – (Microsoft Edge Blog)

Added features:

• Added a feature trigger for auto grouping when the suggestions bubble is shown.
• Added support for video overlay lookup.
• Added support for additional page settings (page range and pages per sheet) in API when the print request is for saving to a PDF file.

Improved reliability:  

• Cookies being lost on exiting the browser on Mac has been address!
• Fixed a crash when opening a local file bookmark from the favorite's hub.
• Fixed a crash when adding and removing tabs in a shared workspace.
• Fixed a crash caused during rendering of form fields.
• Fixed a crash when modifying/deleting migrated passwords.

Changed behavior:

• Fixed a bug where Downloads gets stuck with 0 B/s and creates unconfirmed crdownload file. 
• Fixed a security section settings bug.
• Fixed a bug where outlook side pane is getting hidden, when closing the tab with side pane.
• Fixed an issue with tab stops in tab strip's focus order.
• MacOS: Fixed a bug where web contents are unresponsive when in full screen.
• iOS: Fixed a bug when password added in the broken version was getting lost after updating to fixed version.
• WebView2: Fixed a bug when extension resource was not accessible.

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Dev Channel update to 120.0.2165.1 is live

This update includes numerous fixes. For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below.

New Forge AI Toolkit is a big deal for Halo Infinite - (Microsoft Edge Blog)

Added features:

• Added extension API to toggle translate on PDF toolbar.
• Added rounded border around the tab strip view in auto grouping suggestions bubble.
• Added sign in requirement for uploading from phone.
• Added share page action view to location bar.
• Added nurturing notifications to show users that import from FRE onetime import screen is successful/Failed.

Improved reliability:  

• Fixed a split tab restore related crash.
• Fixed a crash in Account transfer (calling Google Play services) and added intent support.
• Eliminated extraneous browser window when opening a workspace on startup.
• Android: Fixed discover first session cookie issue & refresh discover logic.
• WebView2 Mac:  Fixed Click cmd + w on WebView2 Mac sample and the program crashes
• Mac:  Fixed a crash when browser enters full screen
• iOS: Fixed a crash caused by read aloud tab helper being released before language detection tab helper.
• iOS: Fixed a crash caused by a URL that is not long enough.

Changed behavior:

• Fixed a bug when EM toggle and VPN toggle are not showing up correctly when enabled in Arabic.
• Edge chat rebranding to Copilot in FRE
• Update Wide vine to 4.10.2710.0
• Fixed a bug when cookies are getting reimported again and again.
• Fixed a bug where only the first cookie was getting imported in merge logic.
• Fixed a bug when suggestions popup inside invite dialog no longer dismisses on clicking outside the popup in workspaces.
• Fixed an issue with wrong web contents being selected when creating a new tab from fluid.
• Fixed an issue where after creating a folder with the same name, the previously created folder name disappears in favorites.

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Dev Channel update to 120.0.2186.2 is live

Added features:

• Added color picker in the settings appearance page.
• Implemented the favorite header component and added the pin and unpin functionalities.
• Added support to clear the form after auto filling it.

Improved reliability:  

• Fixed a crash when clicking on 'Search Tabs' after opening a new window.
• Fixed a crash when closing submenu from settings.
• Fixed a crash when deleting a favorite from "Deleted Favorites" using delete key.
• Fixed a crash when clicking links in PWAs while the sidebar 'find on page' experience is active.
• Fixed a side pane crash when selecting long text for the very first time.
• Fixed a bug when the browser hangs at shutting down.
• Fixed a crash when sync is disabled.
• Fixed a crash in sidebar search view.
• Android: Fixed a crash when opening PDF link using the browser on WeChat.
• iOS:
• Fixed codex related crash when switching account.
• Fixed a crash in coupons manager.

Changed behavior:

• Fixed a bug when autofill shopping coupons dropdown not showing up.
• Fixed a bug where URL in address bar is not visible and showing in red color.
• Fixed a bug when workspace name is not editable.
• Fixed a bug when 'Ready to declutter your sidebar' is cropped and popped multiple times in sidebar.
• Fixed bug for workspaces vertical tabs when normal window converts to workspace.
• MacOS: Fixed a bug where hover control button cannot be triggered when PDF file is opened in split screen.
• Android:
• Fixed a bug when the top sites did not migrate when switching account.
• Fixed a bug when the browser didn't have 'saved passwords' under import your browsing data from google.
• Fixed a bug when there is no 'Import Google browser data' menu under payment in account settings page.
• iOS:
• Fixed a bug where the saved password does not display the account name in the save password page.
• Fixed a bug where there is no response when clicking some buttons and passwords on the Password page.

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Dev Channel update to 120.0.2210.1 is live

Microsoft Edge WebView2 now available for Xbox apps - Microsoft Edge Blog (windows.com)

Added features:

• Added an option to customize the location of the profile icon on the title bar by right-clicking on it.
• Added a refresh button in the browser and windows copilot error page.
• Added the functionality of closing the find on page sidebar by pressing the ESC key.
• Added the feature of preloading the Microsoft voice extension to minimize the gap between two utterances.
• Added the functionality of using the back button in Copilot.
• Added a search glyph icon button to the toolbar that triggers Zero Input when clicked.
• Implemented a button to open Crash Pad\Reports folder on edge://crashes/
• iOS: Added Siri shortcut for the browser copilot.

Improved reliability:  

• Fixed the issue of fav icon driver observer crashing when removed.
• Fixed a crash bug that happened when the last tab of a workspace was closed from fluid.
• Fixed search engine settings crash.
• Fixed a crash when the side bar related page is opened on edge store in private mode.
• iOS: Fixed a crash when clicking overflow menu settings button after launching the browser.
• Android:
• Fixed an issue of the app crashing when all menu overflowed due to a short screen height (e.g. in split-screen mode).
• Fixed an issue that caused the browser to crash when restoring tab groups.

Changed behavior:

• Fixed refresh button for the browser copilot.
• Fixed a rendering error that occurred on low end devices for the safety section of browser essentials.
• Fixed the issue of importing autofill data from Chrome browser.
• Fixed the bug that caused split screen tabs to not restore correctly after switching left and right tabs.
• Fixed the issue that caused a new workspace to be created unintentionally when pressing the enter key on the 'create new' button.
• Fixed the issue of not being able to open favorites after selecting multiple folders and choosing open all from the context menu.
• Fixed the problem of the "Cancel" button exceeding the confirm connection page on Desktop.
• Fixed the sidebar toggle button to be hidden in the flyout on PDF Document.
• Fixed the tab state synchronization to show the unlocked status to all workspace members after navigating a tab and unlocking it.
• Fixed the incorrect calculation of the avatar button size.
• Fixed an issue of Windows settings page not getting minimized and centered for full screen and minimized screens.
• Fixed a bug when floaty is showing even after clicking on "close for this match" for the same match.
• Fixed a bug to disable "Ask copilot" button for password/MIP protected and non-copyable pdf files.
• Fixed a bug that displayed the "Something went wrong" page when re-signing into account on desktop.
• Fixed a bug when auto-grouping dialog buttons were not visible.
• WebView2: Fixed the issue of check boxes cropping in the WinForms sample app.
• Android:
• Fixed the issue of no response or image change after clicking Translate on a downloaded image.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Copilot chat to reload when changing the theme.
• Fixed an issue of missing bottom buttons in the "view tab" mode when using the tablet version of the browser.
• Fixed a bug that prevented launching copilot after exiting reading mode that was initiated from copilot.
• iOS:
• Fixed a bug when copilot chat was getting refreshed when switching the theme.
• Fixed the issue of avatar flashing when Omnibox is clicked on NTP.
• Fixed the layout of the profile page after closing the rewards upsell.
• Fixed the UI display issue that occurred when switching from landscape to vertical screen mode on the sharing page.
• Fixed a bug that resulted in the screen blinking when it reloaded after clicking the 'Done' button on the recent tab page.

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Dev Channel update to 121.0.2256.2 is live

For more details on the changes, check out the highlights below:

Microsoft Copilot is now generally available - Micrsoft Bing Blogs
Microsoft Ignite 2023: AI transformation and the technology driving change - Official Microsoft Blog

Added features:

• Added mute/unmute functionality in PIP overlay.
• Added "Recent Profiles" section to the Jump List.
• Added support to turn off startup page extensions from settings.
• Implemented a progress bar to the tab auto-grouping preview.
• Added tooltip for submenu in NTB++.

Improved reliability:  

• Fixed a crash when navigating the chat web UI in a tab.
• Fixed an issue that caused the browser to crash when navigating to edge://translate in the address bar.
• Mac: Fixed a bug that made the app crash when the tab group header was selected by clicking or using the keyboard.
• iOS: Fixed an issue of the app crashing when choosing an account to sign in after clicking on the avatar icon.

Changed behavior:

• Fixed an issue of text color and background color mismatch for 'Select a certificate for authentication' dialog in InPrivate mode.
• Fixed a bug that made ungrouped tabs invisible in the auto grouping streaming feature when streaming was over.
• Fixed a bug that caused tab group names to be blank in NTB++.
• Resolved an issue with keyboard navigation for themes in settings.
• Fixed an issue that caused no results to show when scanning QR-code after setting zoom value to 50%.
• Resolved an issue that caused the right-click menu items on the sidebar icons to be in different orders for pinned and unpinned items.
• Fixed a bug that made the micro feedback dislike fluent menu animate below the footer instead of above it, removing the need for scrollbar.
• WebView2: Fixed an issue of SDK and BYO failing at the signing job.
• Mobile: Fixed an issue of copilot popping up when the browser back button was clicked after a search query was sent to chat.
• Android: Fixed a problem of context menu clicks being ineffective for feeds within the feeds card.
• iOS:
• Fixed an issue of chat not being dismissible in landscape mode.
• Fixed an issue of the search bar "search" icon being invisible when both Dark mode for all web page and bing.com theme were set to dark.
• Fixed an issue that prevented AAD account users from closing the 'Welcome to the new Bing' popup with the 'Esc' key.
• Resolved an issue that prevented the app from working after tapping "Messages" on the share page.

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Dev Channel update to 122.0.2348.0 is live.

Improved reliability: 

• Fixed a browser crash in first run experience.
• Fixed a browser crash in PDF.
• Resolved a crash issue in browser when clicking on the folder in favorites bar for workspace.
• Resolved an issue where browser crashed on closing last tab in InPrivate.
• Resolved a problem that caused the browser to crash when the 'Save to Collections' button was repeatedly clicked for a YouTube video.

Changed behavior:

• Resolved an issue where the Learning Toolkit page was blank after selecting it from 'Settings and more'.
• Resolved an issue where the Bing web theme did not switch to dark mode when viewed on desktop.
• Resolved an issue where the preview screen of the widget was unclear in dark mode.
• The issue of the third-party cookies toggle button rendering in red color has been resolved.
• Resolved an issue where YouTube video was not playing due to an 'Audio Renderer Error' and required a computer restart.
• Resolved an issue where the "hub-app-store" in the header was not functioning when clicked from the "+" icon on the sidebar.
• Fixed an issue with favorite's where an error would be displayed in search results upon entering a character.
• Fixed a problem when clicking on a PDF document on the right side of a split screen did not elicit any response.
• Resolved a problem where the focus in a split screen shifted to the Sidebar Pane upon re-entering split screen mode.
• Resolved a problem where duplicate headers were displayed on the shopping panel.
• Resolved an issue when searching via the Find bar and then moving to the sidebar did not display relevant results.
• Resolved an issue where the "Find on page" feature was not accessible in the Guest profile.
• Resolved an issue that caused the "Close" button's color on the Developer options page to be invisible in dark mode.
• Fixed an issue when selecting the "Manage Favorites" option for a folder resulted in an incorrect page being displayed.
• Fixed an issue where Can't open workspace window when clicking "Link" icon under favorites.
• Android: Resolved an issue where the Dark mode setting was not applied to the Drop page.                                                           
• iOS: Resolved an issue where the bottom buttons in the tab center disappeared.

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Dev Channel update to 125.0.2492.1 is live.

Added Features:

• Introduced the feature of pinning to the taskbar within Site Pinning campaigns.

Improved Reliability:

• Resolved a problem that was causing the browser to crash when using the favorites feature.
• Fixed a browser crash on android.

Changed Behavior:

• Fixed an issue that prevented the focus from being set to the tab search input field when the menu is opened.
• Resolved a problem that caused the "Show Shopping toolbar" option to appear on the shopping page after signing in with an AAD account.
• Resolved an issue to prevent retrieval of hashtags from hidden videos on YouTube.
• Resolved an issue that allowed a website to be repeatedly added to the block list and displayed multiple times.
• Resolved a problem where the speaker icon indicates sound on the site icon, even though there is no audio output following the closure of the media tab.
• Resolved an issue where the speaker icon remained in the unmuted state even after opening the side panel and muting the application via right-click.
• This resolved an issue that clicking 'Share' to print resulted in a brief blank screen for one second.
• iOS: Fixed an issue where browser would crash after the share button was clicked in the downloaded PDF file on iOS.
• Android:
• Resolved an issue when activating the 'Find on Page' feature in landscape mode caused two toolbars to appear on android.
• Resolved a problem that prevented file uploads on the Android version of browser Mobile.