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Elliot Kirk
Former Employee
May 16, 2019

Dev Update to 76.0.159.0 is live

Hello insiders, today we released build 76.0.159.0 to the Microsoft Edge Dev Channel. Some of the fixes and improvements in this build are in the change summary below   New features and improveme...
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dvdwnd
Brass Contributor
May 17, 2019

Elliot Kirk Unfortunately the issue with constant high CPU/GPU load that has been present in Canary for the last few days is now in Dev. Are you aware of this and looking into it? It is impossible to use either version on a laptop now.

 

/ David

 

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DevLunsford
Iron Contributor
May 17, 2019
I switched to Dev from Canary because of this exact thing :-(

Also because my name is Dev and not Canary (true story). Having a browser with my name on the banner is quite fun for me :-)
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    porksickle
    Copper Contributor
    May 21, 2019

    DevLunsford dvdwnd 

     

    Yes, I'm having this same experience with excessive CPU and GPU usage on the macos version too.  Both builds 76.0.159 and 76.0.161.  It's unusable for me.  Gets very hot and makes fans run.  

     

    I had been using it for a couple weeks with no issues.  I had found one of the "undocumented" download links to an earlier build that had not yet been publicized and that build was great.  A couple crashes, but it was fast and efficient.  I notice in this current build the Windows Defender extension is installed and enabled by default.  I hadn't noticed that before.  Hmm... 

     

     

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      sambul95
      Iron Contributor
      May 21, 2019

      porksickle 

       

      You need to mention that builds that were NOT installed by Edge web installer, can NOT be updated or uninstalled by standard Windows means. Which build number you talk about? :)

       

      We all hope Edge team will shortly fix this hugely important battery drainer bug.

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        porksickle
        Copper Contributor
        May 21, 2019

         

        sambul95 wrote:

        porksickle 

         

        You need to mention that builds that were NOT installed by Edge web installer, can NOT be updated or uninstalled by standard Windows means. Which build number you talk about? :)

         

        We all hope Edge team will shortly fix this hugely important battery drainer bug.

        sambul95 

         

        The build I used previously was a build directly from Microsoft.  The Verge and a couple other sites had found the URL to the Dev channel download a week or so before Microsoft communicated it, and I downloaded and used it.  

         

        When the Dev build was officially communicated from Microsoft on their website, I downloaded it again and it replaced the previous version.  So I can't check what the previous version number was.  

         

        BTW I'm using the macos version, so I can just drag it to the trash and uninstall anytime I want.  The reason I posted here is because the high CPU usage bug seems to exist in both the macos and Windows 10 Dev builds (I am using both on two different machines and see the behavior both places.)  It appears to be a "cross platform bug".  :-) . 

         

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    Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    May 17, 2019

    DevLunsford 

    Hey, Dev, thanks for the morning smile 😁

    Cheers,
    Drew

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