Microsoft Edge gets one of its last Insider builds of the year

Edge Insiders have one last build to grab before the end of 2020.

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What you need to know

Microsoft released build 89.0.731.0 of Microsoft Edge to Insiders in the Dev channel. This is the final build of the browser for Insiders in the Dev, Beta, and Stable channels this year. Canary builds of Microsoft Edge will continue throughout the holidays. The new build available through the Dev channel includes several new features, including an option to disable downloading Edge updates over metered connections.

Here are the new features in the build, as found in a recenttechcommunity post:

The build also includes a lengthy list of changed behaviors:

While this is the last release to the Dev channel for the year, Microsoft notes that it might release some small fixes if needed.

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