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Microsoft Edge Dev Build 102.0.1245.3 has been released.  There is no blog post about the update.  Via Missy Q (Community Manager for Microsoft Edge Insiders) in Twitter: "We opted to not do anything this go. We're working on getting 102 into Beta."

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Dev channel update to 102.0.1245.3 is live has been posted for the update released on Saturday.

Added features:

• Added support for a custom IE mode list in Settings.
• Added the ability to add a password directly in Settings.
• Enabled support for XCloud Clarity Boost by default.
• Enabled support for a management policy from Chromium to control if the User Agent Client Hints GREASE Update is Enabled, which controls if the updated GREASE specification is used (which could lead to broken websites) or an older version.   Note that updates to documentation and administrative templates may not be available yet.
• Developer (note that updates to documentation and SDKs may not be available yet, and all of the below APIs were previously in the "Experimental" status):
  • Added an API to WebView2 to Clear Browsing Data.
  • Added an API to WebView2 apps to handle Server Certificate Errors.
  • Added an API to WebView2 to monitor HTTP navigation Status Codes.

Improved reliability:

• Fixed a crash when closing a tab.   
• Fixed a crash when sending feedback.
• Fixed a crash on Mac when syncing.
• Fixed a crash when viewing certain Settings pages.
• Developer:
  • Fixed a crash in WebView2 applications when running them elevatged/with admin privileges (Issue 2356).
  • Fixed a crash in WebView2 applications when they change focus (Issue 1552, Issue 1681, Issue  2311).
• Fixed a crash on mobile when interacting with content on the new tab page.

Changed behavior:

• Fixed an issue where a Sidebar button on the toolbar couldn't be disabled.
• Fixed an issue where search engines disappear from Settings.
• Fixed an issue where exported enterprise site lists don't contain a version number.
• Fixed an issue where the browser sometimes can't be closed while downloading something.
• Fixed an issue where the Downloads popup sometimes appears in the wrong window when multiple windows are open.
• Fixed an issue where Enhanced Security mode settings sometimes aren't visible.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where the Performance Hub is missing some information.
• Fixed an issue where searching using Alt+Enter on Windows results in the address bar showing the wrong text on other tabs.
• Fixed an issue where clicking on notifications in the Windows Action Center sometimes fails.   
• Fixed an issue where Print Preview is blank.
• Fixed an issue where printing a PDF sometimes doesn't work correctly.
• Fixed an issue where text on Extension badges is red.
• Fixed an issue where the Find on Page popup is red.
• Fixed an issue where the Picture in Picture controls are red.
• Fixed an issue where parts of the browser don't use dark theme in InPrivate windows.
• Mobile:
  • Fixed an issue where the new tab page sometimes doesn't scroll properly.
  • Fixed an issue where links opened from Outlook sometimes don't work.
  • Fixed an issue where adding or editing a Collection sometimes fails.
  • Fixed an issue where certain Read Aloud voices are missing.
  • Fixed an issue where Read Aloud doesn't work.

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Dev channel update to 103.0.1253.0 is live

Added features:

• Added the ability to pin PWA/websites installed as apps to the taskbar from their ... menus.
• Enabled by default the ability to search in the History popup using natural language (for example, "Youtube from last week").
• Added a management policy to set the Internet Explorer mode Zoom Display type, which controls if the browser's zoom level takes into account the current display scale like IE used to (for example, if display scaling is set to 150%, then IE's default zoom level would show 150%).  Note that updates to documentation and administrative templates may not have occurred yet.

Improved reliability:

• Fixed a crash on launch.
• Fixed a crash when visiting certain websites.
• Fixed a crash when adding items to Collections.
• Fixed a crash when switching profiles in the Edge Bar.
• Fixed a crash in WebView2 applications when adding Status Bar text (Issue 2414).

Changed behavior:

• Temporarily disabled the search box in the Alerts and Tips popup.
• Fixed an issue where the browser sometimes doesn't respond to links clicked from other applications if it's not already open.
• Fixed an issue where the browser isn't brought into the foreground if it's minimized when clicking on a notification in the Windows Action Center.
• Fixed an issue where previously-opened tabs are sometimes restored when first opening the browser even though they're not supposed to be.
• Fixed an issue where vertical tabs are improperly colored when using custom themes.
• Fixed an issue where the Find on Page UI is red.
• Fixed an issue where navigator.mediaCapabilities sometimes doesn't report proper decodingInfo to websites.
• Fixed an issue where app or popup windows opened from IE mode tabs don't automatically resize when they're supposed to.
• Fixed an issue in WebView2 apps where the on-screen keyboard sometimes doesn't appear (Issue 460).

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Dev channel update to 103.0.1255.0 is live

Added features:

• Added features to Support launch some universal links which weren't supported before.
• Added support features for Presentations and Spreadsheets searches.
• Added Feature to a group policy for guided switch. This is a mandatory group policy. Once configured, it does not allow user to override this setting on Browser by changing the value of `Automatic Profile Switching'. If the policy is not configured to change the value on settings page.
• Added feature to trigger for full address fill logic.
• Added a management policy to control if Guided Switch is Enabled, which controls the prompt to switch to another profile when a website won't work for the current one.   
• Added a .NET API to WebView2 to support multiple profiles.   

Improved reliability:

• Improved Reliability of Camera Capture.
• Improved Behavior so that Once design suggestions appear on the webpage, the entry button/flyout should not disappear if user stays on the page.
• Improved Reliability by re-enabling and reverting to navigating to the downloads page instead of going to settings.
• Improved reliability by skipping Mobile variation header hack for requests whose transition type is not new navigation as it doesn't work for them.
• Improved reliability for check validity or registry.
• Improved reliability of Personal Database Manger.
• Improved behavior on image super resolution feature.

Changed behavior:

• Changed Behavior so that Visual Search side pane is closed while opening collections.
• Changed Behavior by re-enabling and reverting to navigating to the downloads page instead of going to settings.
• Changed behavior of how overflow issues are handled in various text fields in one tap dialog.
• Changed behavior on settings button in reading mode page being misplaced.
• Enabled by default vertical tabs in full screen mode. 
• Chanced Efficiency Mode to be enabled whenever a game application is detected to be running.   
• Fixed a crash on mobile when interacting with the address bar.   
• Fixed an issue where the browser is sometimes running in the background when it shouldn't be.   
• Fixed a crash on mobile when interacting with the new tab page.   
• Fixed a crash on Xbox.   
• Fixed an issue where the tab context menu option to move tabs to other windows only shows the new window option, not any options for any other windows.   
• Fixed an issue on mobile where the image of the day doesn't load on the new tab page.   
• Fixed an issue where the Extensions menu is blank.   
• Fixed an issue on mobile where the back button sometimes doesn't work when it should.   

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Dev channel updates are live for 103.0.1264.2

Added features:

• Added features to drag the create tab group feature by default.
• Added features to Polices for Mobile.
• Added features so that a new language is added to preferred language list, Expanded the spellcheck language so that the state and level of support is advertised.
• Added features to Make Editor languages be enabled by default when adding new language to accept languages list.
  • Made enhanced spellcheck state coordinated with basic spellcheck state and vice versa. User toggle on/off spellcheck in one should also cause the other to be toggled on/off.
  • Fixed existing broken state where a language can have its basic spellcheck. Turned on but its enhanced spellcheck turned off.

Improved reliability:

• Improved reliability by refreshing token for MS Rewards POST.
• Improved reliability that manages null properly.
• Improved reliability with new illustrations for defaults screen in Browser.
• Improved reliability by formatting Edge contributions in the Browser folder.
• Improved reliability of Microsoft browser process on launch.
• Improved reliability by enabling feedback prompt.
• Improved reliability of translator in one Go on Mobile.
• Improved performance of battery saver icon.
• Improved reliability by removing redundant resources for pdf viewer and print viewer.
• Improved reliability to update the style and layout to get a good layout state.
• Improved reliability on Accessibility features.
• Improved reliability of Mobile smart screens.
• Improved reliability by fixing interface and updating Mobile.
• Improved reliability for this MSB flighting feature being turned on by default so that we can rely on service driven experimentation to power our enterprise Edge features through all the channels.
• Improved policy by only allowing required trusted types in Browser.
• Improved reliability due to Narrator announcing an intentional white space. The white space was unnecessary, so it has been removed and narrator has stopped announcing it.
• Improved reliability to Keep spellcheck languages expanded by default when adding new ones so that the state and level of support is advertised.

Changed behavior:

• Changed behavior fixing multilanguage in Browser by not showing misspelled words for Editor-supported languages.
• Changed behavior due to multiple things being duplicated by incorrect merge resolutions.
• Changed Browser tasks shutdown behavior.
• Changed behavior by sending images info in JPG format to Web Bing.
• Changed behavior to move alerts & tips to "help & feedback.
• Changed behavior by changing reconciles with an upstream change because there is no longer any need to call a V8 API to enable the desired functionality.
• Changed behavior in Mobile by adding/correcting triggers and tags for writing assistant feature experiment.

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Dev channel update to 104.0.1271.2 is now live!

Added features: 

• Added a group policy that allows enterprises to restrict the max length of username/password values added to the Edge Password Manager.

• iOS: Added a delete button for individual apps on the block external app list.

Improved reliability: 

• Improved features in SharePoint for translation.

• Improved features with the ability to select the download location and the interface to continue to display the selection dialog or not, to prevent it from not being displayed next time after a wrong touch.

• Improved cache performance for profile pictures in Mobile.

• Improved strings for sidebar search text when reading with a screen reader to find the area more clearly.

• Improved web select/web capture keyboard controls with multiple displays.

Changed behavior: 

Fixed an issue where the search bar in the Downloads hub would lose focus when typing.

• Fixed a crash when using the Send Tab feature.

• Changed behavior of disposable email on select for passwords and invoked autosave flow on submission. We also updated priority to autosave on consent.

• Fixed an issue where the search bar in the Downloads hub would lose focus when typing. 

• Fixed high memory usage from WebResourceRequested events – GitHub Issue#2171

• Fixed a crash when using the Send Tab feature.

• Activated the browser/host app in windowed or visual hosting mode when closing the find on page bar. 

• Fixed a crash when using Read Aloud online.

• Mobile
  • Fixed a crash when using Read Aloud online.
  • Fixed a crash on AAD (Azure Active Directory) sign in. 

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Dev channel update to 104.0.1278.2 is now live!

This week we invite you to take our feedback survey. This is anonymous and may take about 15-20 minutes to complete, but it will help us understand your likes and dislikes about various feedback platforms and your thoughts on the engagement opportunities with your feedback. We are looking for more details from users like yourselves who let us know in the February 2022 survey that improvements to feedback communications are needed, and this will help us determine what changes exactly you would like to see.

Added features: 

• Added support for displaying the correct channel-specific Edge icon in the Search and Spotlight UI for macOS.

Improved reliability: 

• Improved the width of the text content display box in reading mode on tablets. 

Changed behavior: 

• iOS: Improved performance on Citrix. 

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Dev channel update to 104.0.1287.1 is now live!

Added features: 

• Added a display notification when Microsoft Rewards points increase. 
• Added an option to provide translation information with feedback for Android.
• Added a new policy to manage mini menu settings.

Improved reliability: 

• Improved various UX issues seen while searching on the Edge Bar.
• Improved reliability for importing favorites from an html file.
• Improved the displayed icon on InPrivate browsing page on mobile.
• Improved grammar suggestions by adding a header in the submenu.
• Enabled the ability to return to the new tab page news feed after opening an article by pressing the back button.

Changed behavior: 

• Improved accessibility for screen readers by changing the narrator announcement from "item, selected" to "item, checked/unchecked" after invoking a checkbox menu item. 
• Enabled the ability to return to the new tab page news feed after opening an article by pressing the back button.
• Fixed a crash when selecting an option on the permissions notification on mobile. 
• Improved discoverability of restored bookmarks, instead of putting them into the Other Favorites they now go into a folder called Restored Favorites

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Dev channel update to 104.0.1293.1 is now live!

Added features:  

• Mobile: Improved the loading time of Read Aloud 

 Improved reliability:  

• Improved browser so that changing between light or dark theme is smoother
• Improved the logic for image enhancement.

Changed behavior:  

• Mobile:
  • Fixed the false upgrade alert under Settings > About Microsoft Edge
  • Read Aloud button will now only show for websites that have the feature enabled 
• Updated speech settings on reader mode for Android

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Dev channel update to 105.0.1300.0 is now live!

The update includes improvements to old features, improved reliability, and changed the behavior of more things this week.   The latest content from the team:

• Delivering the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime to Windows 10 Consumers - Microsoft Edge Blog
• Upgrades coming to Collections in Microsoft Edge | Windows Experience Blog

Added features:  

• Added a button in the PDF toolbar to share documents. 
• Added new policies by improving trending searches in Microsoft Edge 

Improved reliability:  

• Improved efficiency mode strings and its feature settings
• Improved the phrasing in the sleeping tabs policy to be clearer when it is off/on.
• Improved keyboard UX on Android
• Improved the Print dialog's Options announcements for screen readers.
• Improved Android to remove the mask of the entire article after starting Read aloud and now use assorted color schemes for highlights under different themes 
• Improved trending searches in Microsoft Edge 

Changed behavior:  

• Fixed an animation error on the mobile sync settings page 
• Fixed an issue when clicking on the search box above top sites on mobile. 

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Dev channel update to 105.0.1321.0 is now live!

 Added features:  

• Added language region information to the offline voices for iOS 
• Added the "x" close button to the Share pane 
• Added in a notification when users try to Share a PDF larger than 25MB 
• Added a tooltip for MicroFeedback (thumbs up/thumbs down icons) in settings 

Improved reliability:  

• Improved Edge Cloud Control Platform for Android and iOS 
• Improvements for Android Read aloud 
• Improved tooltips on the mini menu
• Improved Designer hub behavior to properly open and close on macOS 
• Improved the tabs' view for iOS 
• Improved accessibility by adding announcements for the translate and cancel buttons on translate pane in Immersive Reader for mobile 
• Improved drag/drop functionality 
• Improved features for Autofill 
• Ensured YouTube will load when clicking on the Windows notification

 Changed behavior:  

• Fixed iOS app popup menu 
• Fixed issue where icon styling was making doc icons appear as circles 
• Changed the behavior when closing out of a text-note window on PDFs to focus back on the note highlight 
• Optimized mobile notification requests 
• Fixed a visual issue where the optional diagnostics box did not appear unchecked on Android  
• Completed changes for the Digital Signature icon on toolbar for Microsoft Browser 
• Fixed saved passwords from re-organizing after searching for a password on iOS 
• Fixed the issue were clicking on Windows notifications from a website does not open that website
• Fixed an issue were Read Aloud does not start
• Updated announcement phrase for the InfoBar after updating cookie settings
• Selecting Customize toolbar from the toolbar's right-click menu will land users directly on the Customize toolbar section in Settings 

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Dev channel update to 105.0.1329.1 is now live!

See Disk caching in Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Edge Blog (windows.com)

Added features:  

• Added a button in the PDF toolbar to share documents. 
• Added a mute indicator on tabs when the browser is muted in the volume mixer

Improved reliability:  

• Updated max URL length in the side pane for visual search 
• We added an "always enforce" list to Enhanced Security mode
• Improved iOS Feedback prompt to notify when connection is blocking the ability to send feedback

 Changed behavior:  

• Fixed a crash when getting the page count in print preview 
• Fixed the downloads toolbar icon disappearing after a download started and the flyout was closed
• Fixed the blank space in the Guest mode indicator
• Fixed a crash on iOS when closing tabs while Read Aloud is active 
• Fixed a crash when restoring tabs from a previously closed window
• Fixed a crash when adding a Favorites folder on iOS
• Fixed an issue where Microsoft Reward was not displaying in Settings on mobile

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Dev channel update to 105.0.1336.2 is now live!

Added features:  

• Added Narrator announcing 'banner' on 'Learn more' link in Microsoft Edge 
• Added support for a management policy from Chromium to control if Unthrottled Nested Timeout is Enabled - this will be deprecated in the future

Improved reliability:  

• Performance improvements to IMap properties 
• Improved iOS tooltips 
• Improved Android shared device support 
• Optimized read aloud voice options page for Android  
• Improved Android shared device support 

 Changed behavior:  

• Fixed an issue where the profile popup sometimes is cut off
• Fixed various crashes 
• Fixed Diagnostic button layout 
• Fixed Drag and Drop for Collections
• Fixed a crash when clicking the Tab Actions Menu button  

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Dev channel update to 106.0.1349.1 is now live!

Added features: 

• Added new policies from upstream and corresponding downstream changes
• Added History Date Filtering on the full page for History
• Enabled the Password nickname feature

Improved reliability:

• Disabled pinning options in the menu for a specific website, if the website is already pinned to the taskbar
• Improved smart history searches (e.g.: "videos from last week")
• Improved camera feature for websites on Android

Changed behavior: 

• Fixed an issue where certain address bar instant answers were unnecessarily truncated
• Fixed Narrator announcements in Settings
• Fixed various crashes
• Updated a Policy, so when signed into Microsoft Edge with a work or school account (AAD), feedback is associated with account and organization
• Fixed an issue where feedback cannot be sent from within the side pane
• Fixed an error when attempting to generate a QR code on Android
• Fixed a crash when changing profiles on iOS

Also of interest is A better printing experience for Azure Virtual Desktop with Universal Print

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Dev channel update to 106.0.1356.0 is now live!

Added features:  

• iOS will now stop Read Aloud when a user clicks on a link in Reading mode 

Improved reliability:

• Improved browser launch on iOS

Changed behavior:  

• Improved the UX of the toolbar in Read Aloud for two-screened Android devices