Yes, it’s that time of the month when the major browsers release new versions, and that’s because the monthly release cycle has become the industry standard: first it was Firefox, then Chromium followed, then Chrome followed… and the rest was done.

But we won’t start the review as usual, given the news that Chromium and Chrome bring, so much because even more significantly than last month with the launch of Chrome 104, the update of Google’s browser for this September is a mere formality, mandatory, yes.

In short, Chrome 105 applies more than twenty security patches and introduces as many new features as the list of changes in this version indicates. However, it all boils down to new capabilities via developer-only APIs. Nothing interesting for users on foot.

And the same could be said Microsoft Edge 105, whose main body of changes consists of the same fixes and some new Chromium 105 internals… or Chrome 105, whichever you prefer. In turn, Microsoft’s browser improves several of its exclusive features, both in general and in more specialized areas.

Specifically, Microsoft Edge 105 increases your increased security, forgive the redundancy, “an extra layer of protection when browsing the Internet, especially on little-known or little-visited sites,” that the browser released in its previous version. If you are a Microsoft Edge user, check out the link as it is convenient for you to control these features.

Microsoft Edge – Improved security

What improvements does Microsoft Edge 105 bring? Its compatibility with WebAssembly (a low-level language for running scripts in the browser designed to offer better performance) on 64-bit systems, although the company assures that they are working on expanding this feature with cross-platform support in the future.

In short, again, nothing that anyone who doesn’t look closely won’t notice, because the improved security feature hasn’t changed, but it’s there: to compensate for the potential disablement of JIT compilation (see the previous link for more information), WebAssembly support.

Other new features in Microsoft Edge 105 include improved cloud site list management for Internet Explorer compatibility mode, although it’s currently only available to business customers. Microsoft Edge 105 brings that and policy changes. And one more thing.

According to gHacks, various users are reporting problems starting Microsoft Edge, after applying the update. This means that the browser will not start. This was not my case, but if it is yours, there they share a recipe to overcome the problem. A recipe we’re not replicating here because it involves touching the registry, but if you find yourself in a position to do so…