Microsoft Edge is an excellent quick and safe internet browser from Microsoft. It really works on nearly any gadget, together with PCs, iPhones and Androids. It retains you protected on-line, protects your privateness, and allows you to browse the net rapidly. You may even apply it to all of your units and hold your shopping historical past and favorites synced up.

Constructed on the identical know-how as Chrome, Microsoft Edge has further built-in options like Startup enhance and Sleeping tabs, which enhance your shopping expertise with world class efficiency and pace which can be optimized to work greatest with Home windows.

Microsoft Edge safety and privateness options equivalent to Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, Password Monitor, InPrivate search, and Children Mode assist hold you and your family members protected and safe on-line. Microsoft Edge has options to maintain each you and your loved ones protected. Allow content material filters and entry exercise reviews along with your Microsoft Household Security account and expertise a kid-friendly internet with Children Mode.

The brand new Microsoft Edge is now appropriate along with your favourite extensions, so it’s simple to personalize your shopping expertise.

Microsoft Edge 139.0.3405.86 changelog:

Fixes

• Fastened a difficulty the place MIP-protected PDF recordsdata from completely different sovereign cloud environments (together with GCCH) didn’t open and as an alternative displayed the error message: “Want permissions. Contact the proprietor of the file to provide you permissions.”
• Fastened a difficulty, which affected IE mode, together with errors when displaying PDF recordsdata, working Java applets, and displaying the Info Bar in IE mode.

Improved reliability

• Fastened a browser crash that occurred on first launch when the BrowserSignin coverage was enabled and configured to “Pressure (2) = Pressure customers to sign-in to make use of the browser (all profiles).”

Characteristic updates

• Open exterior hyperlinks in one other profile when beneficial by exterior functions. When Microsoft Edge is about because the default browser to open exterior hyperlinks from functions, Microsoft Edge should decide which profile to open the hyperlinks. Customers can management which profile to make use of by way of the “Default profile for exterior hyperlinks” setting. Purposes equivalent to Microsoft Groups or Outlook also can advocate a profile for the hyperlinks. At present, the consumer setting is prioritized over utility suggestions. With this characteristic, the applying beneficial profile is given precedence, as an alternative of the profile chosen within the setting. Admins can management the supply of the characteristic utilizing the EdgeOpenExternalLinksWithAppSpecifiedProfile coverage. Observe: It is a managed characteristic rollout. In the event you do not see this characteristic, test again as we proceed our rollout.
• Adjustments to Pockets in Microsoft Edge. Pockets is being phased out to help a streamlined expertise inside Microsoft Edge. This impacts the Pockets characteristic in Settings and the Mini Pockets discovered by clicking the profile icon within the prime banner. Customers are directed to the brand new Passwords, Cost, and Private Info administration expertise in Settings. Additionally, a brand new Password administration expertise is on the market in Settings. For extra data, see Adjustments to Pockets in Microsoft Edge. Observe: It is a managed characteristic rollout. In the event you do not see this characteristic, test again as we proceed our rollout.
• Introducing a brand new coverage that may allow/disable Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge for Enterprise from displaying within the toolbar. Edge for Enterprise now has a devoted coverage, Microsoft365CopilotChatIconEnabled, to allow and disable Copilot in Edge from displaying within the Edge toolbar. When each this coverage and HubsSidebarEnabled are configured, this coverage takes priority in figuring out whether or not Copilot seems within the toolbar. If this coverage is not configured and HubsSidebarEnabled is disabled, Copilot will stay hidden. In a future launch, this coverage is the only real management for managing Copilot’s visibility within the toolbar.
• Actual-time notifications for compromised passwords. Microsoft Edge is integrating an in-context password breach notification system. This characteristic proactively informs customers if their saved login credentials have been compromised in identified information breaches, enabling them to take quick motion to safe their accounts. Admins can management availability to this characteristic utilizing the PasswordMonitorAllowed coverage. Observe: It is a managed characteristic rollout. In the event you do not see this characteristic, test again as we proceed our rollout.
• Edge Settings Enhancements. Edge Settings is migrating to WebUI2 to spice up web page responsiveness and introducing a sequence of minor visible and content material upgrades to enhance general usability and utility. This consists of optimizing for concise wording of particular person settings, simplifying the variety of pages and reorganizing content material, and making a cohesive consumer interface.
• New Autofill Private Info Settings Configuration. An online type discipline assortment consent toggle will probably be obtainable in Autofill settings (edge://settings/autofill/personalInfo). This enables customers to consent to Microsoft Edge gathering internet type discipline labels (e.g., “First Identify,” “Electronic mail”) to enhance Autofill suggestion accuracy. Solely discipline labels are collected and never user-entered information. The online discipline labels are saved securely per Microsoft’s privateness requirements. This new setting is manageable by way of current insurance policies in Autofill (e.g., AutofillAddressEnabled), EdgeAutofillMlEnabled. AutofillAddressEnabledis the mum or dad setting forEdgeAutofillMlEnabled. The EdgeAutofillMlEnabled coverage is the mum or dad of this new setting, thus turning off the EdgeAutofillMlEnabled coverage turns off this setting.
• Internet AI APIs for immediate and writing help. Microsoft Edge now implements the Writing Help APIs and the Immediate API (for Edge extensions) with a neighborhood language mannequin, Phi-4-mini, that’s constructed into the browser. These easy-to-use JavaScript APIs are made obtainable by way of Edge flags (set to Enabled, by default just for the Summarizer and Immediate API for extensions) in order that websites and extensions can apply AI capabilities on the net. The small language mannequin is downloaded as the primary time any of those APIs is used and later shared throughout all domains, serving native AI use-cases with decreased value, community independence, and elevated privateness (since information enter to the mannequin does not depart the consumer’s gadget). Admins can management the supply of those APIs by way of the GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings coverage. These APIs are at the moment not applied in China. Learn the announcement right here, and be happy to supply suggestions.

• Enhancements to Efficiency and Safe community. Browser necessities is now separated into two distinct experiences (Efficiency and Safe Community) – each obtainable from the Settings and extra menu (“…” on the menu bar).

• Reset Microsoft Edge enterprise sync. For customers having issues syncing shopping information throughout different signed-in units, they’ll reset sync information from the Microsoft servers by way of Edge Settings edge://settings/profiles/sync/reset. This feature ought to solely be used if the sync information is on the market on one of many consumer’s units or in the event that they need to delete all sync information from the servers. Observe: In Microsoft Edge 139, reset sync is enabled for customers encountering a “No permissions” MIP error and in Microsoft Edge 140, reset sync is enabled for customers encountering a “Service disabled” MIP error.

• Replace to Microsoft AutoUpdate coverage. The MAUEnabled coverage allowed admins to proceed utilizing Microsoft AutoUpdate on macOS. Since Microsoft Edge now makes use of EdgeUpdate, the MAUEnabled coverage is deliberate to be obsoleted in Microsoft Edge model 140.

Coverage updates / New insurance policies

• EdgeOpenExternalLinksWithAppSpecifiedProfile – Prioritize App specified profile to open exterior hyperlinks
• EnableUnsafeSwiftShader – Permit software program WebGL fallback utilizing SwiftShader
• MandatoryExtensionsForInPrivateNavigation – Specify extensions customers should permit as a way to navigate utilizing InPrivate mode
• Microsoft365CopilotChatIconEnabled – Management whether or not Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat reveals within the Microsoft Edge for Enterprise toolbar
• OnSecurityEventEnterpriseConnector – Configuration coverage for Microsoft Edge for Enterprise Reporting Connectors
• Obsoleted insurance policies
• KeyboardFocusableScrollersEnabled – Allow keyboard focusable scrollers (out of date)
• SelectParserRelaxationEnabled – Controls whether or not the brand new HTML parser habits for the SELECT aspect is enabled (out of date)

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