Microsoft Edge Dev channel now supports built-in Windows spellchecker

In a week full of Edge releases, Edge Dev joins the party.

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What you need to know

What you need to know

While the biggest Microsoft Edge news this week is thebrowser’s release on Windows and macOS, the Edge Dev channel has a new update to try out. The Edge Dev channel update brings support for the built-in Windows spellchecker, the ability to hide the Collections button, and a few other handy features. It also comes with several bug fixes.

You can read the full changelog, including how Microsoft improved the browser’s reliability inMIcrosoft’s latest tech community post. Here are some of the highlights.

Added features

Added features

Known issues

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The Microsoft Edge team continues to have a busy week. In addition to the public release of the new Edge and this update to the Dev channel, Microsoftreleased the ARM64 version of Microsoft Edgeto the Beta channel this week.

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