Microsoft Edge is not a clone of Chrome, here are all the news coming
Vertical Tabs, Collections, Password Monitor, and many other innovations await the Microsoft Edge browser in the coming months, after the debut in mid-January. The browser tries to differentiate itself from Chrome, with which it shares the technological foundations.
Microsoft has announced some news is coming soon (shortly and in the following months) for the new Microsoft Edge-based Chromium browser, available for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android devices.
The first solution the developers worked on is called ” Collections, ” and it is a feature that allows you to collect information from different sites, organize it, and export it to Word or Excel documents. For now, it is only available on desktop versions (Insider versions and then later the stable one), but in the future, it will also arrive on mobile devices.
The Redmond house has also announced Vertical Tabs (will debut in the coming months), which allows you to view the pages opened vertically on the side of the screen, simplifying their display and management.
Smart Copy is also on the way, a way to copy the contents of web pages and paste them into documents while maintaining their formatting, including links and images. Tracking Prevention is already available, which prevents third-party sites from tracking user activities. There are three modes available from both desktop and mobile – Basic, Balanced or Strict – to choose the level of protection you want.
Password Monitor, scheduled for the next few months, will notify users if the passwords saved for automatic completion have been compromised in what is called ” data breaches ” of online databases of the sites and/or services to which you are subscribed or subscribed. Through a dedicated dashboard in the settings, it will be possible to discover the credentials detected in the Dark Web and be directly directed to the relative sites to modify them.
Edge also gains the InPrivate browsing mode, designed to ensure automatic deletion of browsing history, cookies, and site information. The InPrivate search mode integrated with Bing is also available as a preview for Insiders and coming up during the year.
Immersive Reader is the mode that simplifies the reading experience and makes pages more accessible, already seen on other browsers. The functionality allows you to eliminate distracting elements from web pages, change the layout according to your needs or listen to the reading of a text. Immersive Reader is already available and will be enriched with new features in the future.
To conclude, Microsoft points out that the new Edge is ” the only browser for Windows 10 devices that supports Dolby Audio and Dolby Vision and that allows you to view Netflix content in 4K “. If you have not tried it yet, you can do it by downloading it from this address.
