Microsoft Edge Dev channel gets new ink and tracking prevention settings

There’s also a button to make Edge your default browser in the settings.

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What you need to know

Microsoft’s weekly cadence for new Edge Dev channel builds continues with afresh updateheaded out to testers today. This release comes in at version82.0.439.1, and it includes several new features to check out. Most notably, you can now customize the size and color of ink when annotating PDFs, and there’s now an option to sync your tracking prevention exceptions between Edge on different devices.

Additionally, the settings menu now sports a button to set Edge as your default browser, and Edge will now suggest an address when there’s a typo in an address you entered. Here’s a full look at what’s new and fixed in this latest Dev channel release.

If you’re already using the Microsoft Edge Dev channel, you can update to the latest release now through the settings menu. If you have yet to give one of the Insider channels a shot, you can download the Canary, Dev, and Beta channels from theEdge Insider sitenow. The release version, which will eventually see these new features in the coming weeks, is alsoavailable.

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