Microsoft’s Edge browser finally brings tab syncing to everyone

Last october, Microsoft rolled out tab sync across devices for its insider users Edge Dev and Canary channels. Synchronizing tabs is nothing new in the world of browsers; Google Chrome and Apple Safari both offer it. Just load up your browser with tabs, then sign in to another device and open the same browser with the same tabs. Now this feature is finally available to anyone who uses Edge, and could make it a compelling reason to switch to Microsoft’s browser.

Edge version of tab syncing works almost the same as Chrome: sign in to your profile, turn sync on 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 all devices – any device, whether it’s Windows, macOS, iOS, or Android. Again, this is like Chrome, but for all those who have summer become more worried about their privacy using Chrome, these two great features justify an easy switch to Edge.

Of course, Edge doesn’t have the added benefit of Chrome Actions, which leaves you use the address bar as a command prompt so you don’t have to dig into your browser settings to change something. But Edge is faster on macOS and Windows than on Chrome, from some of our recent tests, and many other features are under development. Microsoft in beta channels has released numerous privacy, productivity, and performance updates. Some 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 automatically fill in the date of birth field and vertical tabs. These and all other updates are scheduled to deploy to the stable version of Edge the week of January. 21.

Edge has also improved in terms of privacy. he was not an ideal browser to use before, as it returned an identifier to Microsoft’s servers. This should no longer be the case.