[Software Update] Microsoft Edge 123.0.2420.97 Stable Released, Here is What’s New and Fixed
UPDATE: Release of Microsoft Edge 123.0.2420.97 stable version.
Good news for Microsoft Edge users! Microsoft has released Chromium-based Microsoft Edge 123.0.2420.97 version to Stable channel for Windows and Mac.
The latest Microsoft Edge version includes new features, security fixes, bug fixes and improvements to stability and performance.
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What’s New in Microsoft Edge 123.0.2420.97 Update
The latest version is a minor update for Microsoft Edge 123.0 version which comes with following changes:
- Fixed a browser crash which was related to Microsoft Edge Sync.
- Fixed various bugs and performance issues
- Security updates
What’s New in Microsoft Edge 123.0 Version
The new version of Microsoft Edge comes with following changes and updates:
- Additional Search Box on Toolbar: Users can now show or hide a dedicated search box on Edge toolbar. (How-to Add/Remove Guide)
- Edge for Business: Admins can customize their organization’s branding using Microsoft Edge management service.
- Edge for Business: The Microsoft Edge management service provides admins with the ability to configure settings for automatic profile switching in the Microsoft Edge browser.
- Security fixes
- Bug fixes and improvements
- New group policies implemented
- DevTools updates
MUST READ: Microsoft Edge Newer Versions Changelog Article
Download Links of Microsoft Edge Latest Version
You can download the new Microsoft Edge version from following link:
Download Microsoft Edge Latest Version
Download Microsoft Edge Offline Installer
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Click on the big “Download” button or click on the down-arrow button to select the installer for different operating system and it’ll show license terms/EULA, click on “Accept and download” button. Wait for a few seconds and your browser will start downloading the online installer (also known as stub, net or web installer). Run the installer and it’ll download required setup files from Microsoft servers and will install new Microsoft Edge in your system.
NOTE: This article is updated whenever a new version of Microsoft Edge web browser is released. So keep checking this page regularly.
Useful Tips-n-Tricks for Microsoft Edge Users
- Super Drag-n-Drop Mode: Users can open a link or search for selected text quickly using a simple drag-n-drop function. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
- Copilot Icon in Edge toolbar: Newer versions of Microsoft Edge come with a new Copilot AI icon in the sidebar. If you want to get rid of the new sidebar icon, this article will help you.
- Edge 3P SERP Telemetry: It captures the searches user does on third party search providers without identifying the person or the device and captures only if the user has consented to this collection of data. User can turn off the data collection using browser settings or by using Edge3PSerpTelemetryEnabled policy. (How-to Disable Guide)
- Tab Organization and Automatic Tab Grouping: provides suggestions to organize and manage opened tabs. The main function of this new feature is automatic tab grouping which automatically creates groups of tabs from same website or domain. (How-to Disable Guide)
- Option to attach the Edge sidebar to the Windows desktop: Windows 10 users will be able to access their apps and sites directly from their desktop using Microsoft Edge sidebar. As an opt-in experience in Windows 10, users can attach the sidebar to their Windows desktop by clicking a “popout” icon near the base of the sidebar in the browser. This enables a side-by-side experience that works with any Windows app including Microsoft Edge itself. Administrators can control the availability of this feature using the StandaloneHubsSidebarEnabled policy. (How-to Disable Guide)
- Google Docs Offline Extension Automatic Installation: Google Docs Offline extension is provided by Google to allow users to work on Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive without internet access. This extension also provides advanced cut, copy, and paste functionalities across Google Editors. The Google Docs Offline extension will be pre-installed and will be disabled by default for Microsoft Edge users. When a user navigates to Google Docs, the extension will be auto-enabled. Administrators can use the ExtensionSettings and ExtensionInstallBlocklist policies to block the auto-installation of the Google Docs Offline extension. (More Info)
- Microsoft Edge Workspace: provides a way for users to organize their browsing tasks into dedicated windows. It lets users share a set of browser tabs so working groups can view the same websites and latest working files in one place and stay on the same page. Each Edge Workspace contains its own set of tabs and favorites, all created and curated by the user and their collaborators. Edge Workspaces are automatically saved and kept up to date. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
- Browser Essentials: The new “Heart Pulse” button on the toolbar helps users in learning about important performance and security features available in the web browser and turning them on/off easily and quickly. (How-to Disable Guide)
- You can now move the user profile icon from toolbar to title bar (How-to Guide)
- New Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader replaced the built-in PDF Viewer (How-to Restore Guide)
- New Bing (Discover) button or icon added to the main toolbar as a part of the new Edge Copilot program. Users can now open the Sidebar by hovering on the Bing icon in the toolbar. (How-to Remove Guide)
- Text Prediction: To help users write faster and with fewer mistakes, Microsoft Edge provides word and sentence predictions for long-form editable text fields on web pages. Administrators can control the availability of text predictions using the TextPredictionEnabled policy. Text prediction is currently only available in English within the US, India, and Australia. New languages and regions will be added in future versions of Microsoft Edge. (How-to Disable Guide)
- The “Forward” button is now automatically hidden on the toolbar (How-to Restore Guide)
- Microsoft Edge Sidebar: New sidebar which allows users to access various productivity tools (search, Office, Outlook, etc) side-by-side with the browsing window. This feature was initially rolled out in Edge 104 version for some selected users and now all remaining users will receive the new sidebar functionality. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
- Warn on close: Now you can enable a confirmation or warning message on closing the browser with multiple tabs running. (How-to Enable Guide)
- You can enable a hidden secret redesigned UI with rounded tabs which is currently under development. (How-to Enable Guide)
- Microsoft Edge 100 and later versions now send a three-digit version number, such as Edg/100 in the User-Agent header. This may confuse scripts or server-side analytics that use a buggy parser to determine the User-Agent string version number. You can follow the instructions given in this guide to control whether the User-Agent string major version should be frozen at 99.
- New Windows 11 style overlay scrollbars support added to Microsoft Edge. (How-to Enable Guide)
- New “Super Duper Secure Mode” to improve security (How-to Enable Guide)
- Users can now view Office files including documents, spreadsheets and presentations right in Microsoft Edge without needing to download the file and then open it in a different application. (How-to Disable Guide)
- You can now learn how to solve math problems with Math Solver.
- The browser will show a warning on typosquatting sites with URLs that look very similar to other sites. (More Info)
- New “Efficiency mode” will become active when your laptop enters battery saver mode to allow the browser to manage resource usage to extend the battery life of your machine. (How-to Enable/Disable Guide)
- New Tab Groups feature which provides the ability to categorize tabs into user-defined groups. (How-to Disable Guide)
- You can now easily hide the browser’s title bar while in Vertical Tabs mode using Settings. (How-to Guide)
- New Extensions menu button added to toolbar to manage installed extensions right from the toolbar. (How-to Disable Guide)
- Now you can enable Tab Search, Desktop Sharing Hub and full dark mode support in InPrivate browsing mode (How-to Enable Guide)
- You can enable new hidden secret “Performance Mode” feature (How-to Enable Guide)
- New “Tab Actions Menu” button in title bar (How-to Remove Guide)
- Shopping features including price history and Bing rebates implementation (How-to Disable Guide)
- New Downloads flyout UI and toolbar icon at top-right corner of the toolbar (How-to Restore Classic Download Panel)
- Now you can enable and add warning message on closing multiple tabs (How-to Enable Guide)
- New “Sleeping Tabs” feature to save system resources (How-to Disable Guide)
- New “Startup Boost” feature to make Microsoft Edge launch faster by enabling the browser to always run in background (How-to Disable Guide)
- New “Vertical Tabs” feature to let users move their tabs to the side (How-to Disable Guide)
- You can now enable Backspace key to go back to a page (How-to Enable Guide)
More Information about Microsoft Edge Web Browser for New Users
Microsoft Edge browser can be downloaded and installed in Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 and MacOS. This new Microsoft Edge browser is based on Chromium project. Chromium project’s rendering engine “Blink” is used by many other popular web browsers such as Google Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi. Don’t get confused this new Microsoft Edge browser with the old legacy UWP app version of Microsoft Edge which comes preinstalled/built-in with Windows 10 operating system. This new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser can be considered as a 3rd party software officially released by Microsoft. It’s a standalone web browser similar to other popular browsers which can be downloaded and installed in computers.
PS: If you want to keep an eye on the development of Microsoft Edge web browser, our exclusive Microsoft Edge Updates topic will definitely help you. We regularly share information about new features found in Microsoft Edge testing builds so that our readers can learn what’s new and changed in latest preview builds.
Microsoft Edge Preview Builds Updates
Important Notes Regarding Microsoft Edge Web Browser:
1. New Microsoft Edge will automatically replace/disable/hide the old legacy UWP version of Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 computers. You can run them side-by-side with the help of following tutorials:
[Tip] How to Restore Old Legacy Microsoft Edge Browser After Installing New Edge in Windows 10
[Windows 10 Tip] Prevent / Restrict New Microsoft Edge from Replacing and Disabling Old Legacy Edge
2. Currently new Microsoft Edge browser is available for manual download only but in coming days, it’ll be automatically offered/downloaded/installed via Windows Updates in Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 devices. If you don’t want to install new Microsoft Edge browser, you can block it with the help of following tutorials:
[Fix] Prevent or Remove Microsoft Edge Automatic Installation in Windows 7 and 8.1
[Fix] How to Uninstall New Microsoft Edge in Windows 10? Uninstall Button Grayed Out or Disabled
3. If you are using a Preview build (beta, canary, developer) of new Microsoft Edge browser, it’ll NOT be upgraded to the Stable release version. You can use the preview builds side-by-side with Stable version.
4. New Microsoft Edge will automatically update itself to newer versions using its built-in updater. It’ll not require Windows Updates to download or install future versions updates.
Also Check:
Fix Errors and Problems While Installing Microsoft Edge Web Browser
Now I don’t need Google Chrome or other Chromium based browser because Microsoft Edge is now Chromium based, It’s faster as compare to Google Chrome.
I can only get the Edge Enterprise x64 (71MB) as a full standalone installer .
All the other versions ( Edge for Home-users !) are all online-versions ( 1,75MB)
HOW( ?) to get the standalone installer for Home-users x64……..???
^^ The offline version is same as you may say Home version.
I downloaded the standalone (enterprise) Edge msi installer 79.0.309.68. I wanted to keep the legacy Edge, so I patched the registery and then installed the new Edge. Here’s the interesting part:
I had long ago manually placed a shortcut for the legacy version of Edge on my desktop. After the installation of Edge Chromium, that shortcut continued to work. However, the installation created desktop and Start Menu shortcuts named “Microsoft Edge Legacy” that failed in the manner described by others. Long and short – also manually create a desktop icon for the old Edge before installing the new. Can’t tell yet whether it will continue to work after future Edge updates.
Related – Repeated attempts running MicrosoftEdgeSetup.exe as Admin failed to install the new Edge. I continued to get errors that Edge couldn’t communicate with the internet and to check my firewall, despite the fact that I disabled the firewall and AV (Win Defender).
There are some older people who like things to stay the same. I hate microsoft for what they have done. I had alot going on right now and I don’t even know my computer after microsoft and there big ideas to force these changes. I just want my old microsoft edge back. I am so very frustrated with the technicians and their bright ideas.
This update makes me fully ditch Chrome! I really miss that fullscreen drop down on legacy Edge, but it’s here now yeay! One thing Microsoft should really do is using DNS over HTTPS by default (not from flags) like Chrome.
Hi VG and thank you for this info, I have drop Firefox because on my configuration it was so slow that was making my life impossible and I have embraced for good Edge and the difference in speed is amazing.
I am facing 2 problems in browser window (or browser tab).
1. When I select plus ” + ” button for open new tab (new browser window) in Microsoft Edge, then it takes much time to open tab completely, but in other browser, tabs are immediately opened, even if addons / extensions installed and enabled.
2. When I open new tab without internet connection, then still it takes much time to open, however Microsoft Edge browser logo appear in offline.
I want to speed-up browser tab in Edge browser(chromium based).
^^ Sorry for the late reply. Are you still facing the issues?
Recently I made a clean and successful installation of Windows 10 Pro, version 10.0.15063 and build number 15063. After about an hour of the installation, I discover that Windows Defender will not remain opened but closes immediately it opens. Likewise the wifi icon, the search engine icon on the task bar and the notification icon all behave like windows defender but with a difference of not popping up at all. As a result, I cannot update the virus definition of the windows defender.
I will appreciate any idea of how to resolve the abnormal behavior of windows defender and some of the services on this version of windows.. Thanks.
^^ Check following:
https://www.askvg.com/fix-start-menu-and-taskbar-icons-not-working-in-windows-10/
They still haven’t addressed one of this browser’s biggest faults that put’s me off using it regularly. The size and spacing of saved favourites is still ridiculous. The spacing between each bookmark and bookmark folder is far too wide. Should at very least have option to view in compact style and sizing. Like many others people, this alone is why I still prefer to use Chrome. That will only change when they fix this issue.
For me the Edge’s biggest drawback is the slow speed on which the Edge’s favorites list opens. I’ve a SSD drive, below 30 links but the sluggy opening speed won’t change even if I empty the list completely.
Sir, I cannot perform “Print” on some web pages after update Edge browser to version 101 using Ctrl+P, even I tested your website pages for print, but print option not working. What is the reason of this problem.
I am no longer facing timing issue on opening new tabs after introduce “startup boost” in edge browser, but in 101, I am facing print issue.
^^ Print working fine here. Are you still facing the issue?
Okay, this might be nonsense for most people but for Win7/8/8.1 users of the MSEdge (as well as Google Chrome) are getting the infobar message about the end of support reminder of that OSes (Similar to what we get before in Windows XP and Vista) it said like this:
“To get future **any Chromium-based browsers (Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, etc.)** updates, you’ll need Windows 10 or later. This computer is using Windows 8.1 (or Windows 7/8 depends on what you use)”
But to my knowledge, this infobar should be disabled with regedit but this was for Google Chrome only, and I’m not so sure for Microsoft Edge tho..
^^ Here you go:
https://www.askvg.com/disable-or-remove-unsupported-os-warning-in-chrome-and-edge-on-windows-7-and-8-1/
I think latest version is – Microsoft Edge Version 112.0.1722.48 (Official build) (64-bit).
At least this is mine.
Very few notifications appearing in latest build 117.0.2045.31 – clicking on them in notification area does not do anything, appears to stutter before disappearing; still same with 117.0.2045.35. Latest Win 10 22H2 19045.3448
Hi. Seems this update made some extra changes in Windows 10 – it completely disable IE11.
Until now each update used to put some plugins in IE that when you wanted to start IE opened Edge instead. But deleting these plugins would return IE back.
Now… no more plugins. The only way to start IE is to make a shortcut to a vbs and use it every time you need IE.
Any ideas on how to fix this in other ways ?
Have Win11, MS Edge 119.0.2 – getting MS Edge – not a compatible browser error, and will not load the website.
Microsoft Edge update 121.0.2277.83 has broken the ability to open file URLS (File://). With the IntranetFileLinksEnabled policy enabled, the links are supposed to open up in File Explorer. After Edge updates from 120 to 121, clicking on links pointing to a File URL (starts with Fiile://) results in a blank page with “about:blank#blocked” in the Address field. My organization’s Intranet has a menu with links pointing to various network shares, this is causing a lot of headaches.