Edge 86 hits the Dev channel with custom backgrounds for new tab page

Microsoft Edge Insiders on the Dev channel take a whole lot of new features to check out today. The latest weekly build is at present rolling out to Insiders, and it's the first big update to Border version 86.

I of the biggest user-facing changes in this build is the ability to use custom backgrounds for the new tab page. There's also newly added back up for using Read Aloud with PDFs on ARM devices like the Surface Pro X. Collections are getting a little love too, allowing you to add together items to them from InPrivate windows.

There's a whole lot more here, of course, including the usual mass of bug fixes and performance improvements. Here's a full await at what's new.

Re-enabled support for searching in the sidebar in PDFs now that the functionality has been fixed.

Added the ability to use a custom image as the new tab page background.

Added the ability to add items to Collections from InPrivate windows.

Added a toggle to the InPrivate new tab page to always employ Strict Tracking Prevention in InPrivate.

Added back up for Read Aloud on PDFs on ARM devices.

Added nighttime theme to the Pinning Wizard.

Added a button to delete sure address bar suggestions.

Added the ability to re-order extension buttons that are in the … menu via the keyboard.

Added a management policy for Enterprise Mode Site List Manager Allowed, which controls whether or non users can access the Enterprise Mode Site List themselves. Note that administrative templates will exist updated later for all new policies.

Added a management policy for New Tab Page Allowed Background Types to configure which types of images are allowed on new tabs.

Added a management policy to Force Sync.

Enabled support for the Chromium User Agent Client Hints Enabled management policy.

Enabled support for the Chromium Default Search Provider Context Menu Access Allowed management policy.

Re-enabled support for the Chromium management policy to Enable SHA-ane For Local Anchors.

Finished rolling out Picture Dictionary to all Canary and Dev users.

Fixed an issue where certain central combinations similar ctrl+f or ctrl+- crash the browser.

Stock-still a crash on launch on Mac.

Fixed an issue where new tabs sometimes crash as soon equally they're opened or effort to navigate.

Fixed an result where session restore doesn't work, causing Edge to fail to restore tabs when recovering from a crash, using continuous browsing, restarting to apply an update, etc.

Fixed an issue where clicking Site Data push sometimes crashes the tab.

Fixed an issue where adding text to a Collection via the correct-click menu crashes the tab.

Fixed an consequence on Mac where using the touchbar when certain sites like Netflix are playing video crashes the tab.

Fixed a crash when playing videos.

Fixed an issue where signing into the browser sometimes fails.

Fixed an issue where sure media formats like FLAC or WEBM don't work, causing audio and video on certain sites like Coursera to fail.

Fixed an issue where entering drawing style on a PDF causes Read Aloud not to work on other tabs.

Fixed a hang on shutdown on ARM.

Fixed an result where navigating from an IE mode site to a non-IE fashion site sometimes fails.

Fixed an issue where exporting IE mode diagnostic info from edge://compat sometimes fails.

Fixed an issue where attempting to salve an edited PDF that was opened read-only fails.

Fixed an effect where clearing browsing data fails on Mac.

Stock-still an issue where sharing web content such as embedded Youtube videos sometimes fails.

Fixed an issue where the Heavy Ad Intervention feature from Chromium (if enabled via a flag) doesn't work.

Improved the reliability of sync for piece of work and schoolhouse accounts.

Fixed an outcome when cookies are added to the website permissions settings page'southward Let list and the option to delete cookies when the browser is airtight is enabled. Now, cookies added to the allow list aren't removed, and cookies expected to be removed are.

Fixed an upshot where options to change the browser'southward theme and zoom are missing from Settings.

Stock-still an event where the website'southward protocol (http://, https://, etc.) is hidden in the address bar and only appears when interacting with it. Notation that this behavior can exist restored via a flag if desired.

Stock-still an outcome where sure management policies like those for SmartScreen weren't being applies to devices existence managed through Intune or another MDM solution. Note that domain joined devices weren't affected.

Fixed an outcome where hovering over UI such as the Favorites Bar shows abuse in the text.

Fixed an upshot where the favicon of favorites on the Favorites Bar sometimes disappears.

Fixed an issue where switching tabs via the fullscreen Shy UI prevents using the touchscreen on Shy UI until fullscreen is exited.

Fixed an upshot where sites sometimes don't appear in the Dorsum/Forward listing.

Fixed an issue where extensions sometimes don't appear on the Extensions direction folio.

Fixed an issue where Read Aloud sometimes reads too boring.

Fixed an issue where immigration browsing information sometimes opens a new window.

Fixed an event where attempting to use a pen or stylus to interact with webpages fails when the interaction is over an iframe, which ordinarily host videos and ads.

Stock-still an outcome where old versions of Border sometimes aren't deleted later Edge is updated.

Fixed an issue on Mac where the … menu sometimes doesn't work when used from Shy UI.

Fixed an issue on Mac where the browser sometimes reports the wrong or an unknown channel.

Fixed an issue where indistinguishable tooltips sometimes appear when hovering over UI.

Fixed an issue where the new tab folio for Invitee mode windows is in light theme fifty-fifty when the browser is in dark theme.

Fixed an consequence where the popup that offers translation sometimes appears on the new tab page.

Fixed an effect where some parts of the Surf game aren't localized properly.

Stock-still an issue where dragging an address from the accost bar into a Drove doesn't add the website to the Collection. Improved how products are added to a Collection from certain shopping websites like Ebay.

Improved messaging on the Downloads shelf when deleting a downloaded file fails.

Improved Autofill to reduce the number of websites where passwords are suggested on non-password fields similar payment card CVVs.

Improved scrolling beliefs when using Line Focus in Immersive Reader.

Removed the ability to pivot a site to the Taskbar from within an Application Guard window since the functionality is broken.

This is the first major push of Border version 86, which explains why at that place are so many new features and fixes to check out. Every bit Microsoft iterates on Edge 86, information technology'due south likely nosotros'll run across fewer major changes every bit it grows closer to release. For more on this build, you can check out Microsoft'due south full release notes.

In the meantime, Border Insiders using the Dev channel tin can pick up this build past updating through the settings menu. If you have yet to try the Border Insider builds, you tin download the Canary, Dev, and Beta releases from the Border Insider site. The release version is besides bachelor from the official Microsoft Border site.

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