According to the report, Microsoft released another weekly update of Edge in the Dev channel, version 102.0.1220.1 is now available for download, with several new features, improvements and bug fixes.
This week, Microsoft added improvements to Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), a redesigned application management page, options for importing passwords on mobile devices, and new management policies.
Here’s what’s new for Microsoft Edge 102.0.1220.1
what’s new:
- Added a prompt to pin PWA after installing PWA from the Microsoft Store.
- redesigned app management page.
- added the ability to import passwords on mobile devices.
- Added an administrative policy to control whether outlook hub menus are enabled. Note that updates to documents and administrative templates may not have occurred yet.
Increased reliability:
- fixed a crash when signing in to a browser using two-factor authentication.
- Fixed a crash on Android.
- Fixed a crash on Android when using search widgets.
Behavioral performance:
- fixed an issue where the tab bar would sometimes disappear.
- FIXED AN ISSUE WHERE SETTINGS THAT USE A CUSTOM SECURE DNS PROVIDER DID NOT WORK.
- fixed an issue where the lookup bar still showed 0 matches even though the page showed related matches.
- fixed an issue where window control buttons were sometimes not visible when applying certain themes.
- fixed an issue where background tabs were sometimes not visible when applying certain themes.
- fixed an issue where signing in to a browser failed on a mobile device.
- Fixed an issue where URL fragments in WebView2 applications were sometimes inadvertently deleted during navigation redirection.
- disable child mode in the application guard window.
Note that Edge Dev is one of the preview channels Microsoft uses to test early updates and new features before releasing them to the public. This means that you may experience more issues and bugs than the stable version.
The following are known issues in this release:
- Users of some ad-blocking extensions may experience playback errors on YouTube. As a workaround, temporarily disable the extension to allow playback to continue.
- SOME USERS STILL EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM WHERE ALL TABS AND EXTENSIONS CRASH IMMEDIATELY WITH STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_HASH ERRORS. THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF THIS ERROR IS OUTDATED SECURITY OR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE FROM VENDORS SUCH AS SYMANTEC, IN WHICH CASE UPDATING THE SOFTWARE WILL FIX THE PROBLEM.
- Kaspersky Internet Suite users who have the relevant extension installed may sometimes see web pages such as Gmail not loading. This failure is due to the fact that the primary Kaspersky software is out of date, so this issue is resolved by ensuring that the latest version is installed.
- Some users see “wobble” behavior when scrolling with trackpad gestures or touchscreens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to subtly scroll back and forth on another dimension. Note that this only affects some websites and seems worse on some devices. This is most likely related to Microsoft’s ongoing effort to restore scrolling to the same behavior as Edge Classic, so if you don’t want this behavior to occur, you can temporarily turn it off by disabling the edge://flags/#edge-experimental-scrolling flag.