According to the latest report, Microsoft rolled out the latest stable version update for the Edge browser. The latest update comes with version number 112. In addition, this update mainly improves security, optimizes web application strategies, and more. You can check the complete details about this update which are mentioned below.
Optimized Enhanced Security Mode
- Enhanced Security Mode now adds support for WebAssembly on ARM64 devices. Microsoft now offers cross-platform support for x64 Windows, x64 macOS, x64 Linux, and ARM64.
Add new functionality to Web Application Policies
- Introduced the WebAppInstallForceList policy, allowing administrators to configure a list of web applications. These applications are installed silently on the user’s device without user interaction and cannot be uninstalled or closed by the user.
Browser built-in JSON viewer
- Improved the way JSON files are displayed in the browser, including a color-coded tree view with line numbers and the ability to collapse and expand data. This feature is automatically triggered when a browser navigates to a JSON file on the web or when a user opens a local file.
Optimize new tab page strategy:
- Introduce the NewTabPageHideDefaultTopSites policy, which allows the Edge browser new tab page to hide popular sites by default. The policy, which went into effect on March 20, will also remove sponsored quick links from the new tab page.
Introducing a new strategy:
- CryptoWalletEnabled, to enable the encrypted wallet function.