First Edge 86 build out for the Dev branch, brings a bunch of new features

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Microsoft is releasing the first Edge 86 build for the Dev branch today, bringing a bunch of new features. The firm recently shipped version 84 to the stable channel with Collections and PDF improvements. As for the Dev branch, the firm released the last major version 85 build earlier this month, followed by a minor update last week. Today’s release bumps up the browser to build 86.0.587.0.
 
The first version 86 build brings a bunch of new features such as the ability to use a custom image for the new tab page background, a button to delete address bar suggestions, and a toggle on new InPrivate tabs that lets users select the Strict Tracking Prevention option, the Read Aloud function for PDFs on ARM based devices, and more. It also comes with some management policy improvements.
 
Here is the list of new features in today’s build:

• Re-enabled support for searching in the sidebar in PDFs now that the functionality has been fixed.
  
• Added the ability to use a custom image as the new tab page background.
  
• Added the ability to add items to Collections from InPrivate windows.
  
• Added a toggle to the InPrivate new tab page to always use Strict Tracking Prevention in InPrivate.
  
• Added support for Read Aloud on PDFs on ARM devices.
  
• Added dark theme to the Pinning Wizard.
  
• Added a button to delete certain address bar suggestions.
  
• Added the ability to re-order extension buttons that are in the … menu via the keyboard.
  
• Added a management policy for Enterprise Mode Site List Manager Allowed, which controls whether or not users can access the Enterprise Mode Site List themselves. Note that administrative templates will be updated later for all new policies.
  
• Added a management policy for New Tab Page Allowed Background Types to configure which types of images are allowed on new tabs.
  
• Added a management policy to Force Sync.
  
• Enabled support for the Chromium User Agent Client Hints Enabled management policy.
  
• Enabled support for the Chromium Default Search Provider Context Menu Access Allowed management policy.
  
• Re-enabled support for the Chromium management policy to Enable SHA-1 For Local Anchors.
  
• Finished rolling out Picture Dictionary to all Canary and Dev users.
  

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