Last October, Microsoft has rolled out tab syncing across devices for users in its insider Edge Dev and Canary channels. Tab syncing is not new in the browser world; Google Chrome and Apple Safari both provide it. Just meoad you browser with tabs and then log in to another device and open the same browser with the same tabs. Now that function is finally available to anyone using Edge, and could make it a compelling reason to switch to Microsoft’s browser.
Edge’s version of tab syncing works almost identical to Chrome: login to your profile, enable sync and bam, you’re done. You can also browse as a guest and add multiple profiles, which is especially useful if you use different email addresses on the same computer, but don’t want the same tabs, or even bookmarks, to appear on different accounts. Each account also opens in a new browser window, just like Chrome.
The new feature also syncs your browsing history across devices – any device, be it Windows, macOS, iOS or Android. Again, that is just like Chrome, but for anyone who has been worry more about their privacy with Chromethese two important features warrant an easy switch to Edge.
Sure, Edge doesn’t have the added benefit of it Chrome Actions, that leave you use the address bar as a command prompt so you don’t have to search through your browser settings to change anything. But Edge is faster on both macOS and Windows then Chrome, according to some of our recent tests, and many other features are under development. Microsoft has released numerous updates to privacy, productivity, and performance in beta channels. Some of the notable features include: awarns if a user’s password is found in an online leak; put inactive tabs to sleep to free up system resources; and automatic filling of the date of birth field and vertical tabs. These are planned along with all other updates to roll out to the stable version of Edge in the week of Jan. 21.
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Edge has also improved in terms of privacy. It was not an ideal browser to use before, as it returned an identifier to Microsoft’s servers. Which should no longer be the case.