Microsoft Edge 85

Microsoft started rolling out the first build of their Edge browser version 85 to the Edge Insiders in the Dev channel. The latest build added a setting to enable preloading of certain webpages for faster searches and browsing. It also added a number of reliability improvements.

Welcome to the latest Beta channel update! Greetings, Insiders, and welcome to Microsoft Edge 85! In this update, we're introducing several new features including sidebar search, the ability block possibly unwanted apps with a new setting, and improved our spell check experience. Microsoft Edge is the official browser from Microsoft that represents a total revolution with respect to the classic Internet Explorer. With a completely updated interface, it couldn’t be easier to access any of the features the browser offers. Although the first versions that arrived with Windows 10 were based on the same Explorer engine.

If you are on the dev channel, you can directly upgrade to this build or can install using the offline installer.

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The first build of Microsoft Edge 85 now available in the Dev channel.
You can now upgrade to / install Microsoft Edge 85.0.531.1.

Did you try the new Microsoft Edge which is built on top of the popular chromium engine? If not, you can download the latest stable build (both web installer and offline installer) from Microsoft site. The new Microsoft Edge is now compatible with your favorite extensions and adds additional security to your browsing needs.

Download latest version of Microsoft Edge (85.0.531.1) offline installers

Microsoft Edge 85.0.531.1 (64-bit)
Microsoft Edge 85.0.531.1 (32-bit)
Microsoft Edge 85.0.531.1 (ARM 64-bit)
Microsoft Edge 85.0.531.1 (macOS 64-bit)

What's new in Microsoft Edge version 85.0.531.1?

Added features:

Added a setting to enable preloading of certain webpages for faster searches and browsing.

Improved reliability:

Fixed an issue on Mac where new installations of Edge sometimes crash on launch.
Fixed an issue where closing the browser too soon after importing data from another browser sometimes causes a crash.
Fixed an issue where pasting content when Information Protection is enabled sometimes crashes the tab.
Fixed an issue where attempting to restart Edge on Mac to apply an update gives an error message instead of updating the browser.

Changed behavior:

Fixed an issue where tabs sometimes appear at their minimum width, even when there's space for them to be larger.
Fixed an issue where scrolling down a page sometimes causes it to jump back up to the top.
Fixed an issue where unpinning and re-pinning Edge to the Taskbar sometimes creates a shortcut to the wrong profile.
Fixed an issue where the ... menu button sometimes disappears at small window sizes.
Fixed an issue on Mac where Shy UI sometimes disappears while being interacted with.
Fixed an issue where the highlighted word sometimes doesn't match what's being dictated when reading PDFs aloud.
Fixed an issue where printing a PDF sometimes doesn't center the content on the printed page, leading to cut-off content.
Fixed an issue where the default printer is sometimes forgotten or reset.
Fixed an issue where the Immersive Reader toolbar sometimes disappears when the window isn't wide enough.
Fixed an issue where translating content in Immersive Reader sometimes leaves grammar markings from the previous language on the page.
Fixed an issue where Youtube videos embedded on webpages aren't shown in Immersive Reader when they should be.
Fixed an issue where clicking the “Complete sign in” button sometimes doesn't enable sync until the browser is restarted.
Fixed an issue where Application Guard windows sometimes don't get proxy settings applied properly.

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These release notes provide information about security fixes that are included in updates to Microsoft Edge Stable channel.

April 22, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 90.0.818.46), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 16, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 90.0.818.41), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 15, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 90.0.818.39), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 14, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 89.0.774.77 ), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2021-21206 and CVE-2021-21220 which has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 1, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 89.0.774.68 ), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

March 13, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 89.0.774.54 ), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2021-21193 which has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

March 4, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 89.0.774.45), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2021-21166 which has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

February 17, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 88.0.705.74), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

February 5, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 88.0.705.63), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2021-21148 which has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

February 4, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 88.0.705.62), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

January 21, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 88.0.705.50), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

January 7, 2021

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 87.0.664.75), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

December 7, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 87.0.664.57), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

November 19, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 87.0.664.41), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

November 13, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 86.0.622.69), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2020-16013 and CVE-2020-16017, that have been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

November 11, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 86.0.622.68), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

November 4, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 86.0.622.63), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2020-16009, that has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

October 22, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 86.0.622.51), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2020-15999, that has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

October 9, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 86.0.622.38), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

September 23, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 85.0.564.63), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

September 9, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 85.0.564.51), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

August 27, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 85.0.564.41), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

August 20, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 84.0.522.63), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

August 11, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 84.0.522.59), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

July 29, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 84.0.522.49), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

July 16, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 84.0.522.40), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

This update contains the following Microsoft Edge-specific update:

June 24, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 83.0.478.56), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

June 17, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 83.0.478.54), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

June 4, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 83.0.478.45), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

May 21, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 83.0.478.37), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

This update contains the following Microsoft Edge-specific update:

May 7, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 81.0.416.72), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project.For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 29, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 81.0.416.68), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project.For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 23, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 81.0.416.64), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project.For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 17, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 81.0.416.58), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project.For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 13, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 81.0.416.53), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project.For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

April 1, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 80.0.361.109), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project.For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

March 19, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 80.0.361.69), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project.For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

Firefox

March 4, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 80.0.361.66), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

February 25, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 80.0.361.62), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2020-6418, that has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

February 20, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 80.0.361.57), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

February 7, 2020

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 80.0.361.48), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

January 17, 2020