Surely many of you already know first hand that this program is found by default pre-installed on WindowsWe also have the option of downloading it manually and installing it on other devices, for example, from this link.
Microsoft is now making available the new version 128 of the program, which we recommend you install as soon as possible. At first glance, we could say that it is a minor update, but with some important improvements.
Goodbye to the web tracking function
Perhaps one of the main new features that this new version of the browser offers us is that it finally says goodbye to the controversial tracking function for websitesAfter some time in testing, Microsoft finally released this new version in the stable channel for everyone.
Well, it is worth noting that the technology giant here is removing the web tracking feature that has not had the expected acceptance. Microsoft first tested this feature in Edge Canary a few years ago. It is similar to the Chrome’s Follow featureand allows us to follow websites that interest us by clicking on a button located in the address bar.
From now on, followed websites will appear in a new side panel on the New Tab page. But that was the case until now. In the new version we mentioned, the company is removing the website tracking feature in the stable channel. This is something that has not surprised almost anyone, something that also happened recently with the Follow tab of the Collections pageIt is worth mentioning that one of the main reasons for all this is the little use that was made of the function as such and its poor functioning.
Other new features in Microsoft Edge 128
In fact, it is a feature that at the time created some controversy. All this happened because it was discovered that Microsoft accidentally leaked the URLs of the sites we followed to the Bing API. But that is not the only new feature that we are going to find in the new version of the popular Internet browser from the software giant.
As far as the aesthetic section that it offers us by default, it seems that the update also gets rid of the rounded appearance of the eyelashes of the browser, something not too important. What we can consider more important is that improves performance and security when we move around the Internet.
This is something that Microsoft achieves by solving some problems of excessive CPU usage on the computer itself. In parallel, we will say that the new Edge ends support for old processors and adds new policies to manage the Copilot access to the use of the browser. All we need to do is go to the Help and feedback / About Microsoft Edge menu option to receive this new version.