Microsoft Edge Preview Builds

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From: Microsoft Edge preview builds: The next step in our OSS journey | Windows Experience Blog
In December, we announced our intention to adopt the Chromium open source project in the development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop. Our goal is to work with the larger Chromium open source community to create better web compatibility for our customers and less fragmentation of the web for all web developers.

Today we’re embarking on the next step in this journey – our first Canary and Developer builds are ready for download on Windows 10 PCs. Canary builds are preview builds that will be updated daily, while Developer builds are preview builds that will be updated weekly. Beta builds will come online in the future. Support for Mac and all supported versions of Windows will also come over time.
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For more in depth information see What to expect in the new Microsoft Edge Insider Channels - Microsoft Edge Blog.

One nice aspect of the preview is if you already use Microsoft Edge, that existing version installed on your device(s) at this time will continue to work along side with the builds from any of the Microsoft Edge Insider Channels.
 
From Twitter,
https://twitter.com/x/status/1118961915013677056
The first Dev channel update is live! Be sure to update your browser to the latest version (75.0.131.0) and check out the latest news on our welcome page.
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The Canary build is updated daily and the Dev build is updated weekly, thus, this being the first weekly Dev update.
 
There was a bug in the build released yesterday that resulted in the browser not loaded. It was discovered quickly and the update was removed. As indicated in the latest update, the bug has been fixed and a new build released. See Dev channel update to 76.0.167.1 is live for the changes, improvements and bug fixes.
 
Some of the more noteworthy fixes in the new build as shared at Dev channel update to 76.0.172.0 is live
  • Fixed an issue where Edge sometimes crashes on launch.
  • Fixed a crash when viewing settings in InPrivate.
  • Clicking the shortcut for a pinned website will now select a tab that contains the shortcut’s website if one is already open instead of opening a new tab every time.
  • Hovering over a website’s address on the history page now shows the full URL.
  • Fixed an issue where the first launch experience doesn’t happen if the user isn’t connected to the internet.
  • Fixed an issue where certain dialogs are cut off on small screens.
  • Fixed an issue where the side panels on certain edge:// pages aren’t visible when the window is at a narrow height.
  • Fixed an issue where the horizontal scrollbar did not appear on certain pages.
 
From Dev channel update to 76.0.176.1 is live:
  • Fixed an issue where the whole window sometimes goes blank or black when playing a video.
  • Fixed an issue where certain webpages hang as soon as they load.
  • Fixed an issue where the toggle to sync favorites is disabled even though the master sync toggle is turned on.
  • Fixed an issue where a "Microsoft Edge stopped working" dialog sometimes appears even though Edge is still running.
  • Fixed an issue where the wrong account picture is sometimes used when a user signs in with multiple accounts.
  • Fixed an issue where video control popups are cut off if they're near the edge of the page.
  • Fixed an issue where video control buttons may overlap each other on small videos.
  • Fixed an issue where entries on the history page get cut off when the window is at a narrow width.
  • Increased the height of the rows in the address bar dropdown.
  • Fixed an issue where the first run experience didn't render properly.
 
Note:

Update 6/4/19: In addition to the Canary Channel we released last week, you can now download the Dev channel for macOS from the Microsoft Edge Insider website. This release enables dark mode, which makes your tabs, address bar, toolbar, menus, and other elements use dark colors if you have your macOS theme set to “Dark Mode.” We’ll expand dark mode in the coming weeks to include other parts of Microsoft Edge, such as settings and management pages. Check it out, and let us know your thoughts using the “Send feedback” smiley, the Microsoft Edge Insider forums, or by reaching out on Twitter.
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More at Introducing the first Microsoft Edge preview builds for macOS - Microsoft Edge Blog
 
Dev channel update to 77.0.197.1 is live

The build has new features and behaviors (such as, option to show only the icon for individual favorites on the favorites bar and more) as well as fixes.

Note that both the Canary (daily build) and Dev Builds are available for Windows 7 or 8.1 testing.
 
Dev channel update to 77.0.230.2 is live

Build includes a number of fixes as well as the following new features and behavior:
  • Added the ability to mark up screenshots with ink.
  • Prevented extensions that are banned from the Chrome extensions store from being installed.
  • Added messaging to better help users for some cases when Internet Explorer mode fails to start.
  • Added the ability to import settings from the original version of Edge.
  • Added additional text to identify when a window is InPrivate or Guest.
 
Dev channel update to 78.0.244.0 is live

The update has many fixes and new behaviors as well as new features, several of which are the following:
  • Added an option in Settings to choose between light and dark themes.
  • Added the ability to import cookies from the existing version of Edge.
  • Added a policy to enable deleting browsing data upon exit.
 
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