Release notes for Microsoft Edge Beta Channel

These release notes provide information about new features and non-security updates that are included in the Microsoft Edge Beta Channel. Archived versions of these release notes are available at Archived release notes for Microsoft Edge Beta Channel.

Note

Microsoft Edge Web Platform constantly evolves to improve user experience, security, and privacy. To learn more, see Site compatibility-impacting changes coming to Microsoft Edge.

Version 112.0.1722.15: March 21, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 112.0.1722.11: March 17, 2023

Feature update

  • Microsoft Edge Sidebar Improvements. The Microsoft Edge sidebar lets users access productivity tools side-by-side with their browsing window. In this release, the sidebar has been enhanced to increase productivity and improve user experience. As communicated in our last release (Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel), the sidebar now includes a toolbar button by default to access the experience. If admins enable the Discover app, hovering and clicking the toolbar button will invoke both the sidebar tower, and the new discover experience. With this release, admins now have the ability to disable the Discover app and still keep the Sidebar. In this situation, the Sidebar tower will always be shown. If a user would like to hide their sidebar from always showing, they can do this in their Sidebar settings (edge://settings/sidebar). Additionally, Enterprise users can choose to 'always show' or 'auto hide', when an admin 'enables' the Sidebar. More customization options for the sidebar toolbar button are planned in future versions of Microsoft Edge. For more information, see Manage the sidebar in Microsoft Edge.

  • Enhanced security mode improvements. Enhanced security mode now supports WebAssembly for ARM64. Cross-platform support is now available for x64 Windows, x64 macOS, x64 Linux and ARM64 systems. For more information, see Browse more safely with Microsoft Edge.

  • Added features for web app policy. The WebAppInstallForceList policy lets administrators configure a list of web apps that install silently, without user interaction, and which users can't uninstall or turn off. This policy now supports custom_name, which permanently overrides the app name of installed apps and custom_icon, which permanently overrides the app icon of installed apps.

Policy updates

New policies

Version 111.0.1661.43: March 16, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.41: March 13, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.39: March 10, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.38: March 9, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.37: March 8, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.34: March 6, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.30: March 3, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.27: March 2, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.24: February 27, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Version 111.0.1661.22: February 24, 2023

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

See also