Microsoft Updates Edge on the Dev Channel: Speech Typing on Web Pages, Profile Enhancements, and More

Microsoft has released a new update for its Edge web browser within the Dev Channel, the intermediate of the three that make up the test channels. An update that arrives loaded with improvements and especially with some cool features.

Edge updated by build 96.0.1032.0 within the Dev Channel with improvements such as the possibility of writing on a web page using voice writing on those computers that have [instalado Windows 11]), the ability to move a tab between profiles, and expected performance improvements. Also, the new version of Edge is now officially available on Xbox.

New functions

• A tab can be moved to a different profile, even if there are no windows for that profile currently open thanks to a new item in the context menu when you right-click on the tab.
• The option to use voice typing is enabled on web pages on Windows 11 computers.
• A button is added to the dialog Comments main for easy access to the “Recreate my problem” sub-dialog.
• An X has been added to close some notifications that appear when managing Collections
• It has been added a button to exit Immersive Reader on iPad.
• Improved messages have been added when the Web Widget does not open because an extension has disabled it

Improvements and fixes

• In the mobile version a crash on Android when using third party autocomplete providers.
• In the mobile version, a crash on Android when downloading content has been fixed.
• Fixed a crash on the iPad.
• In the mobile version, a crash in WebView2 applications when opening a context menu has been fixed
• Fixed crash when opening a window in one profile when opening a window for another profile.
• The crash when viewing the settings in a guest window has been fixed.
• I know fixed a crash when using Internet Explorer mode.
• Fixed an issue where enabling spell check for multiple languages ​​resulted in only one language getting spell check results.
• Fixed an issue where opening a new window from the Favorites or History admin pages would fail.
• Fixed an issue where importing data from other browsers sometimes failed in certain languages.
• Fixed an issue where certain types of browser history could be deleted even when the admin policy disabled history deletion.
• Fixed an issue where editing a text note in a collection sometimes it was not possible because the panel automatically scrolls to where the note is not visible.
• Fixed an issue where entering Kids mode would unnecessarily add badges to browser shortcuts.
• Fixed an issue where websites that requested permission to use a 2-factor authentication device would result in a blank permission dialog.

• Addresses an issue where the setting of a website installed as an application to run when the device is started via the application post installation dialog is not reflected in the application management page.
• Fixed an issue where no indication that a download has started on websites installed as apps.
• Fixed an issue where clicking the button in Settings to restart the browser does not actually restart the browser.
• Fixed an issue where input sometimes doesn’t work when mini menus are visible.
• Fixed an issue where the Web Widget does not respond to touchscreen input.
• Fixes an issue on Xbox where the setting to open a specific page when launching the browser does not work.

• In the mobile version, a problem has been fixed whereby login to browser sometimes failed.
• In the mobile version, we fixed an issue where the browser login would sometimes crash after updating the application.
• In the mobile version, an issue has been fixed whereby company resources would sometimes crash with the error “Can’t get there from here”, even though the device and browser are correctly connected to the company.
• In the mobile version, a problem has been fixed whereby default search provider settings sometimes failed.
• In the mobile version, we fixed an issue where certain websites could not log into InPrivate.
• In the mobile version, we have fixed an issue in Android 12 where the auto-complete data save prompts sometimes do not appear when they should.
• In the mobile version, we fixed an issue where data was sometimes inadvertently imported from other browsers multiple times in a row, resulting in duplicate data.

Known issues

• Users of certain ad blocking extensions may experience playback errors on YouTube. As a workaround, temporarily disabling the extension should allow playback to continue.
• Some users still have an issue where all tabs and extensions crash immediately with a STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH error. The most common cause of this error is outdated antivirus or security software from vendors like Symantec, and in those cases, updating that software will fix it.
• Kaspersky Internet Suite users who have the associated extension installed they can sometimes see that web pages like Gmail are not loading. This error is caused by the main Kaspersky software being outdated and therefore fixed by making sure the latest version is installed.
• Some users are seeing “wobble” behavior when scrolling using trackpad gestures or touchscreens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to subtly scroll back and forth in the other. Note that this only affects certain websites and appears to be worse on certain devices. This is most likely related to our work in progress to bring scrolling back to parity with Edge Legacy behavior, so if this behavior is undesirable you can temporarily disable it by disabling the edge: // flags / # flag edge-experimental-scrolling.

Remember that this version already shows the improvements that have been previously tested in the Canary Channel. You can now download the new Edge at this link in any of the channels on the platforms on which it is available. If you already have it installed, just go to preferences within the browser and check if you have any pending updates.

More information | Microsoft

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