One more, yes, and it’s like one is followed by another, and if that one was Chrome 104, there’s two Microsoft Edge 104 also because Microsoft’s web browser is the only direct derivative of Chromium that respects the version number.

In the same way, Microsoft Edge 104 is fueled by almost all the news that came to Google’s browser with this update, which, as we have already gathered, focuses mainly on maintenance and better security. Well, that’s where Microsoft Edge makes an impact, but with its own tools, as stated in the official note.

Thus, for a limited time, Microsoft Edge 104 “upgrades” its “enhanced security” for all users in substance and form, since until now it only offered two modes: “balanced and strict”. For its deployment in the stable version of the browser, things change and protection levels are aligned with those of the well-known “tracking prevention”.

In fact, it’s further down in the same “Privacy, search and services” section of the browser settings, where the new “enhanced security” feature is located under the name “Improve your security on the web“, with a new option of “basic”, as the default, although the feature is disabled by default.

In short, this “enhanced security” does what its name suggests an additional layer of protection when surfing the Internet, especially on little-known or rarely visited sitesalthough it will depend on the chosen level: in strict mode, this feature affects all visited pages.

Microsoft Edge 104 – Improved security

Now, what exactly does this “enhanced security” consist of? This technique translates to visiting those pages that are likely to cause problems without activating JIT compilation, an automatic software process used to improve performance, but which can present a vulnerability in certain scenarios. This is the main component of the function, but not the only one.

Other “enhanced security” features of Microsoft Edge include additional protections that prevent arbitrary code from running or hardware stack mitigations, but only on Windows. In any case, this is a feature that is considered to be powerful, so it is disabled and with basic mode when activated.

It is also for this reason You are warned that using it may cause some pages to not work properly., so it should be carefully tested. In the same way that you have to take into account, for example, when using strict mode tracking protection, that the feature is automatically activated in private browsing mode, and therefore Microsoft will do the tracking that is not done by others.

Finally, another innovation that Microsoft Edge 104 brings is improved guide for importing data from Google Chrome the first time you launch the browser, now makes it easier to log in the second time to make importing easy, fast and thorough. As does Microsoft (and Google, for that matter).

The remaining changes that Microsoft Edge 104 will receive are critical in nature, including many small fixes throughout the browser’s toolset. A special mention for the Collections feature which has been causing issues recently which are now considered to be fixed.