News, Reviews & Betas which includes large community peer support It’s been an eventful week in the Microsoft-verse thanks to some Edge shenanigans, a festive Windows Ugly Sweater, and Dev Channel build 22509, which addresses many issues related to Windows 11.
We are at the end of yet another week, which means that it is time to recap what happened in the world of Microsoft in the past few days. This week was quite eventful, especially if you’re interested in news related to Microsoft Edge, Windows 11 builds, and a festive Windows Ugly Sweater. Read on to check out the weekly digest for the week of November 28 – December 3. If you were wondering if you had traveled back to the early 2000s this week particularly when it came to your browser choice, that’d be understandable. Microsoft went a bit on the offensive this week by showing native prompts to consumer when they attempt to download Google Chrome via Microsoft Edge. These prompts refer to Chrome as a « so 2008 » browser, and say that users should stick with Edge because it is apparently more trustworthy. While the messages shown by Microsoft are very casual and tonally light, it’s got many of our readers as well as other people on social media forums wondering if the company is being too desperate. When it comes to allowing people to change the default browser in Windows 11 itself, Microsoft seems to be testing an easier process with build 22509 in the Dev Channel. Users can now utilize a single button to change the default browser for some extensions simultaneously. This is in stark contrast to the current generally available method in which you have to painstakingly change the default browser for each extension. It’s not a massive improvement, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction. That said, we don’t know when, or if, this change will be made available to the general public. In related news, Edge Canary got a couple of decent features this week too. Tab search is now enabled by default, and those who utilize Xbox Cloud Gaming will be pleased to know that they can test a new capability called Clarity Boost during their streaming sessions. As the name suggests, this visually upgrades some aspects of the game-streaming experience and is only available on Edge Canary for now.
