Microsoft embarked on a somewhat ambitious project more than a year ago. We tell you this because it is trying to become important, again, it is a sector as complex as it is that of Internet browsers. To do this, it launched a new Edge, now based on Google’s Chromium, replacing the unsuccessful classic Edge .
This first is the one that was initially launched together with the Windows 10 operating system, forming part of it. But its acceptance was rather scarce, hence this substitute that already uses the popular Chrome engine. The truth is that right now and after a few months made available to everyone, its growth is constant. So much so that now it has already surpassed Mozilla’s Firefox in market share, and of course it wants to continue increasing it.
This is something that, how could it be otherwise, is achieved thanks to the updates that Redmond sends to improve their product. These come with various news and improvements, as is the case at hand now. We tell you all this because only a few hours ago the firm sent the new version, Edge 85 , to compatible devices. It seems that we are in the week of web browsers, since in this same Mozilla’s Chrome and Firefox were also updated.
What’s new in the new Edge 85
At this point we will tell you that this new version is already available through the automatic update functionality of the browser. At the same time we will have the opportunity to download the new Edge from the official website of the company. In case we already have the program, just go to the menu option Help and comments / About Microsoft Edge. Once here the program should update itself.
Say that after installing it, the new version introduces some new features as well as several new policies for the browser. To begin with, we will tell you that the powerful PDF file reader that it integrates now has a new tool . This allows us to highlight texts of the documents that we upload here for your consultation.
On the other hand, comment that the new Edge 85 is compatible with the storage access API. This provides direct disk space access to third parties as long as the user has given permission.
Better syncing in Edge with OneNote, and more features
Additionally, OneNote users can now send content collected from Browser Collections to the app. In addition, the program now supports the synchronization of our Favorites and the configuration between Active Directory profiles, all without using synchronization in the cloud.
The software, specifically the new version, now supports group policy settings for adding trusted sites and applications. Thus, these can be started by users without prior confirmation. These allow administrators to add trusted and trusted websites and applications such as Microsoft 365 so that their end users do not see the confirmation message when reaching these URLs .
