Microsoft Edge Canary is showing a new, persistent banner that chases users across tabs and web pages, urging them to “use recommended browser default settings” — with Bing pre-selected as the recommended search engine — and the prompt remains until the user actively chooses “Set default” or...
Microsoft Edge is quietly giving users more control over the AI-driven content that greets them on the New Tab Page: Edge Canary now includes dedicated Copilot Discover feed settings that let you tailor what appears in the Copilot-powered feed, from language and region to which channels and card...
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Microsoft is quietly turning Edge into a research assistant you can talk to: recent Canary builds are testing a multi‑tab summarization feature that lets Copilot read and synthesize content from several open tabs at once — a capability that shifts Copilot from a single‑page summarizer to a...
Microsoft Edge Canary for Android now exposes an experimental flag that lets users play YouTube videos in the background without a YouTube Premium subscription, and the change — paired with an aggressive new ad‑blocking option in Canary — raises immediate questions about user convenience...
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Microsoft Edge's experimental Scareware Blocker is graduating from a single-user popup interrupter to a broader, system-strengthening feature that can block scam sites and — in the Canary channel — optionally share detected scam links and classifications with Microsoft’s Defender SmartScreen...
Microsoft Edge Canary for Android now includes an experimental flag that enables background video playback — a simple toggle that, in early tests, lets YouTube audio continue when you switch apps, change tabs, or lock your phone, without requiring a YouTube Premium subscription...
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Microsoft is quietly testing a Copilot‑inspired theme in Edge Canary that recolors the browser frame whenever Copilot Mode is active—another sign that the company wants AI‑powered browsing to feel like a distinct, branded experience rather than just a sidebar add‑on. Early builds expose a new...
Microsoft is quietly testing a new Microsoft Edge feature called Journeys that promises to turn scattered tabs, search history, and browsing activity into tidy, context-aware summaries — and early reports suggest it may be gated behind Microsoft’s Copilot Pro subscription. (windowslatest.com)...
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Microsoft Edge’s Canary channel has begun surfacing experimental controls that explicitly treat passkeys as first‑class syncable credentials in the browser, adding new flags labeled Passkey roaming and Passkey roaming management and settings, and exposing a combined “Passwords and passkeys” sync...
Microsoft’s Edge appears to be getting a radical rethink that puts Copilot — not tabs or bookmarks — at the center of the browsing experience, with early “Olympia” UI screenshots surfacing from Edge Canary and public reporting suggesting the redesign is being tested as a Copilot-first interface...
Microsoft’s Edge team is quietly testing an exit‑time nudge in Edge Canary that would prompt heavy Google Chrome users to pin Microsoft Edge to the Windows 11 taskbar — a targeted experiment revealed by dormant feature flags in recent Canary builds and amplified by technology press coverage...
Microsoft Edge’s Copilot in Canary has started showing a new Smart (GPT‑5) option, and early sightings suggest Microsoft is quietly testing a model‑routing feature that automatically chooses when to give a short answer and when to escalate to GPT‑5’s deeper reasoning pathway. Early hands‑on...
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Microsoft’s latest experiment in Edge promotion — a stealthy, exit-time prompt that appears to heavy Chrome users and asks them to pin Microsoft Edge to the Windows 11 taskbar — has renewed an old debate about platform behavior, telemetry, and user choice. The feature was uncovered as inert...
Microsoft Edge’s latest Canary build contains an eye-catching — and quietly aggressive — internal experiment: a pop-up that nudges users who habitually use Google Chrome to pin Microsoft Edge to the Windows 11 taskbar when they close the browser. The code names and feature flags discovered in...
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Microsoft Edge is once again challenging user expectations with a striking redesign currently being trialed in the Edge Canary build: the relocation of the web browser’s address bar to the very top of the window, above the tab row. This update, while visually subtle at first glance, represents a...
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Microsoft’s push to redefine the web browsing experience has entered a new era with the unveiling of Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge—a dramatic step not only for the future of Edge, but for the evolution of web browsers in general. Amid intensifying AI innovation from Silicon Valley giants and...
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Microsoft’s Copilot—the AI assistant that’s quickly becoming inseparable from the modern Windows experience—has taken a bold, and for some, unsettling step forward: it’s now being quietly tested within the InPrivate browsing mode of the Edge browser. This development, first discovered in the...
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Microsoft’s evolving approach to visual effects in Windows 11 has frequently mirrored the broader shifts in consumer and developer expectations—balancing aesthetic allure with practical concerns over usability and performance. Recent developments around Microsoft Edge, the company’s flagship...
Microsoft Edge is once again redefining what users expect from a browser’s new tab page experience, this time with a major AI overhaul that places Copilot at the forefront. For years, Microsoft’s MSN feed has been a staple of Edge’s start page—a familiar mosaic of news, weather, finance, and...
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Microsoft is advancing its AI assistant, Copilot, within the Edge browser by introducing a new "Action Mode," currently in testing in Edge Canary builds. This feature aims to transform Copilot from a simple chatbot into a comprehensive browser assistant capable of automating everyday tasks such...
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