These are the news that come with the latest update that Microsoft releases for Edge on the Dev Channel

Edge has just received a new Edge update within the Dev Channel. An update that carries the number 79.0.301.2 to comply with the purpose of releasing weekly updates. And as it happens in these cases, it is convenient to know the novelties that it will bring before installing it.

A version of Edge on the Dev Channel that brings a small aesthetic change to the controls, which now better adapt to the Fluent Design language, adapting in this way even more to Chromium thanks to the work done together with the Google Chrome team.

Improvements and additions

• Added a setting to show or hide the comment symbol on the toolbar.
• Features of Family Safety are here.
• Add an option to the New Tab page for users to sign in to the browser with a work or school account to display Office content from your organization instead of news content.
• Added a toolbar to Reading View for easy access to Read Aloud and text display options.
• Added touch screen scrolling behavior that the existing version of Edge was known for.
• Added a button in Settings on Mac to open Microsoft AutoUpdate.
• Add right-click support for menu items on Mac.
• Add the ability to automatically remove extensions from a user's device when they have been removed from the store from which they were installed .

Other improvements

• Fixed an issue where the browser had high CPU usage when idle.
• Fixed an issue where the new tab would sometimes crash when scrolling.
• Fixed a browser crash when using the new tab page.
• Fixed a browser crash when using IE mode.
• Fixed a browser crash when using Collections.
• Fixed a bug that caused the browser to crash when importing data from another browser.
• Fixed a web page crash when viewing PDF documents.
• Fixed an issue where web pages sometimes crash when typing passwords.
• Fixed an issue where Netflix would display error D7354 when trying to play a video.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to print a web page while in Reading View only prints the contents of a single document instead of the entire web page.

• Fixed an issue where certain read aloud voices did not work correctly.

• Changed InPrivate icon as requested by user feedback.

• Fixed an issue where users signed in to the browser with a personal Microsoft account couldn't sync bookmarks and other content.
• Fixed an issue where users with multiple accounts lose their account pictures in taskbar shortcuts.

• Fixed an issue where the taskbar shortcut sometimes appears as the default sheet of paper.
• Fixed an issue where the tab title in the tab strip or taskbar is incorrect if a PDF document is open.
• Fixed an issue where selecting large amounts of text in PDF documents did not work correctly.
• Fixed a bug that caused searches from the address bar to always be in English even though the user's language was set to another language.
• Fixed an issue where Top Sites on the new tab page would disappear or be restored after upgrading to a new version of Edge.
• Fixed an issue where translating a page to a different language and then returning to its original language displays an error instead of performing the second translation.
• Fixed an issue where certain web page controls such as the calendar picker would not appear.
• Fixed an issue where the comment smiley is removed from the toolbar when it shouldn't be.

• Fixed an issue where the feedback smiley was not rendering correctly.
• Fixed an issue where pressing the ESC key in the warning dialog that appears when trying to close the browser while a download is in progress closes the browser instead of just close the dialog.
• Fixed an issue where the warning about closing the browser while a download is in progress never appears again after it is dismissed the first time.
• Fixed an issue where certain functions such as delete did not work in the download shelf.
• Fixed an issue where it is possible to sign in to a work or school account using the wrong email type.
• Fixed an issue where single sign-on signs users into the wrong account if they sign into the browser with a different work or school account than the one they are currently signed in to log on to Windows.
• Fixed an issue where the autocomplete setting was unexpectedly turned off by default for some users.
• Fixed an issue where cookies were unexpectedly disabled on new installations.
• Improved text entry in Collections.
• Fixed an issue where two scroll bars would sometimes appear in Collections.
• Fixed an issue where uninstalling a website installed as an application from the Control Panel gave no indication of success or failure.
• Fixed an issue on Mac where clicking menus sometimes didn't work.
• Fixed an issue with corrupted characters appearing in the F12 developer tools.
• Fixed an issue where certain icons were inappropriately reflected in right-to-left language installations.

Remember that you can download the new Edge at this link on 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.

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