Microsoft keeps introducing new updates for its Edge browser every few days, in which the company tests and rolls out many new features. Microsoft has now launched another update for its browser. As per the latest report, the US tech giant introduced a stable update this time.
According to the latest report, the Edge browser grabbed a stable update with version number 111.0.1661.54. In addition, the most noteworthy improvement in this update is to allow IT administrators to adjust the Edge sidebar.
Microsoft Edge Sidebar Improvements: The Microsoft Edge sidebar lets users access productivity tools side-by-side with their browsing window. In this release, the sidebar has been enhanced to increase productivity and improve user experience. As communicated in our last release (Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel), the sidebar now includes a toolbar button by default to access the experience. If admins enable the Discover app, hovering and clicking the toolbar button will invoke both the sidebar tower, and the new discover experience. With this release, admins now have the ability to disable the Discover app and still keep the Sidebar. In this situation, the Sidebar tower will always be shown. If a user would like to hide their sidebar from always showing, they can do this in their Sidebar settings (edge://settings/sidebar). Additionally, Enterprise users can choose to ‘always show’ or ‘auto hide’, when an admin ‘enables’ the Sidebar. More customization options for the sidebar toolbar button are planned in future versions of Microsoft Edge. For more information, see Manage the sidebar in Microsoft Edge.
This update also fixes the following security vulnerabilities:
- CVE-2023-28286 (Class: Moderate Risk)
- CVE-2023-28261 (Class: Low Risk)