Edge is updated in the Dev Channel: you can now selectively import data if you were using the classic version of the browser

Yesterday we saw how Microsoft opted for the channel system to replace the classic ring system that had been used in the Windows Insider Program. The American company follows the tactic used with Edge and the test versions to have access to the new functions that are arriving.

Y This is how the latest update to Edge arrives within the Dev Channel, which has the number 85.0.545.0 and that brings news such as the ability to import data from Edge legacy now that Microsoft has begun to replace it as well as expected bug fixes and performance improvements.

New functions

• Edge now has the ability to import data from Edge Legacy.

Performance improvements

• Fixed an issue where opening websites from shortcuts that had been pinned to the taskbar could not generate a blocked web page.
• Fixes an issue where entering credit card information on web pages can sometimes result in a crash when the offer to save payment card information in the browser was displayed.
• Fixes an issue where trying to add items to a Collection sometimes crashes the web page.
• Fix a crash when exporting a collection to Excel.
• Fixed an issue where logging into the browser with a personal account can sometimes fail.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to bookmark a web page while using it in Immersive Reader, may fail.
• Fixes an issue where attempts to cast media to certain devices such as Xbox would fail.
• Fixed an issue where DolbyVision content would not play correctly.
• Fixed bug that caused Global Media Controls branding to be removed from Chromium.
• Fixes an issue that resulted in removing a checkbox that allowed a payment card stored in MS Pay to be saved to the local browser.
• Fix an issue where PDF files with certain non-English letters were not read correctly with Read aloud high.
• Fixes an issue where PDF files with certain non-visible characters are not read correctly by Read Aloud.
• Fix an issue where Edge autofill suggestion popups sometimes cover popups created by form-filling websites.

Known Bugs

• When clicking links through external applications while Edge is preparing to perform an update