Microsoft Edge Dev channel adds handful of new features, fixes

Quieter website notifications, whitelist improvements, and more are in this update.

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What you need to know

Microsoft pushed out its latest weekly build for the Microsoft Edge Dev channel today. This latest release comes in at version 83.0.474.0 and brings the usual batch of bug fixes and improvements. There are also a handful of new features coming along in this build, including whitelist improvements, an option for quieter website notifications, and more.

Here’s a rundown of all of what’s new from Microsoft’srelease notes.

Microsoft says this will be “one of the last builds for major version 83” before it shifts its focus to version 84. For more on this release, you can view Microsoft’s full release notes for a look at the known issues.

If you want to try out one of the Microsoft Edge Insider builds, the Canary, Dev, and Beta channels are all available to download from theEdge Insider site. Alternatively, you can grab therelease versionfrom the official Microsoft Edge site.

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