Microsoft Edge Dev makes it easier to personalize the Sidebar

What you need to know

• Microsoft rolled out an update for its Edge Dev browser recently.
• The update brings Edge Dev to version 111.0.1619.2.
• It’s now possible to personalize top sites within the Sidebar.

Microsoft Edge Insiders in the Dev Channel have a new update to install. The browser just received a bump to version 111.0.1619.2. There aren’t any major changes, but it is now possible to personalize the top sites within the Sidebar. I asked for more customization options when I argued that “Microsoft Edge’s Sidebar is the best browser feature you’ve never heard of.”

In addition to a handful of added features, the update includes the normal set of reliability improvements and bug fixes.

Edge Dev 111.0.1619.2: Added features

• Microsoft Edge will now notify you if an external program illegitimate changes your start page and search engine settings and restore your previous settings.
• Added Personalize my top sites in customize sidebar option in the Sidebar setting.
• Added a Search bar in Customize sidebar to add sites.
• You can now import passwords CSV file.
• Added an option to hide duplicates in History.
• iOS:
  • New Ad blocker feature now block ads with a long press.
  • Read aloud now allows you to select and read.
• Enterprise:
  • New policy: (Note: Updates to documentation and administrative templates may not have occurred yet)
    • Added policy to clear chosen data from IE and IE mode on browser exit.
    • Added AutofillMembershipsEnabled Policy.

Edge Dev 111.0.1619.2: Improved reliability

• Fixed browser crash when removing apps from the Sidebar.
• Fixed browser crash related to memory errors.
• Fixed browser crash related to Address bar search.
• Fixed browser crash related to Visual search.
• Fixed browser crash related to Find on Page.
• Fixed browser crash related to Image editor in the Sidebar pane.
• Fixed PDF viewer crash related to highlighter, links, and keyboard focus.
• Linux:
  • Fixed a browser crash related to user scripts on Ubuntu.
• macOS:
  • Fixed browser crash related to PWA install/site as app install button.
• iOS:
  • Fixed browser crash related to the update banner when using accessibility tools.
• Android:
  • Fixed browser crash when signing out of MSA/AAD account.
• Enterprise:
  • Fixed browser crash when selecting a file in the Windows File Picker.