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Microsoft Edge Dev update improves for developers and admins

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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After they added a wholewebsite for extensionsand they had anenterprise sync services update,  the development team behind Microsoft Edgelaunchedthe new Microsoft Edge Dev 85.0.552.1.

The new update available only forInsiderscomes with a few new features and a lot of reliability fixes.

What’s new with the Microsoft Edge Dev update?

What’s new with the Microsoft Edge Dev update?

The three new features are addressed mainly to developers and admins.

First improvement is adding aNew TabPage Search Box management policy. Another is to add support for the Auto Open Allowed for URLs management policy for upstream Chromium.

At last, they’ve added support for the Auto Open File Types management policy from upstream Chromium.

Microsoft Edge Dev 85.0.552.1 brings a ton of fixes

And when we say a ton, that’s a lot. We’ve counted 9 reliability fixes and 15 behavioral fixes.

We will list here only the reliability issues here, as they appear on therelease notes:

Known issues with the new Microsoft Edge Dev 85.0.552.1

Unfortunately, the new Edge Dev update also comes with 7 know issues.

For instance, if you use some ad-blocking extensions, you may experience playback errors on Youtube.  To fix this, disable the extension.

Also, if you use the extension for theKaspersky Internet Suite, you may sometimes see webpages like Gmail fail to load. Make sure you install the latest update of the extension to fix this.

Read about all known issues in therelease notes.

What do you think about the latest versions of Edge? What is your experience with Microsoft Edge? Tell us all about it in the comments section below.

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Claudiu Andone

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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.

His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.

With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!

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Claudiu Andone

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft