14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently released a new Microsoft Edge Dev build, therefore giving users the chance of testing some of the latest improvements before they make their way to the stable channel.
Microsoft Edge Dev 104.0.1287.1 comes with three important new features.
The first of them comes down to a notification that is displayed when the Microsoft Rewards points increase. Given Microsoft Rewards is such an important part of the experience with Edge, this new notification certainly comes in handy, but on the other hand, let’s not forget the Rewards program continues to be limited to just a handful of countries.
For Android devices, Microsoft has added an option to provide translation information with feedback, according to the official changelog available here.
And last but not least, this new Dev build includes a new policy to manage mini menu settings.
More changes under the hood
As far as the fixes and the additional tweaks are concerned, there are plenty of them, with Microsoft revealing it has also improved the accessibility for screen readers. There are also crash fixes, as well as new tab page refinements.
- Improved accessibility for screen readers by changing the narrator announcement from "item, selected" to "item, checked/unchecked" after invoking a checkbox menu item.
- Enabled the ability to return to the new tab page news feed after opening an article by pressing the back button.
- Fixed a crash when selecting an option on the permissions notification on mobile.
- Improved discoverability of restored bookmarks, instead of putting them into the Other Favorites they now go into a folder called Restored Favorites
Keep in mind this Dev build is only supposed to be used for testing, and if you’re not comfortable with running preview software, you’d better stick with the production version of the browser as part of the stable channel (regardless of the desktop platform you use).