Microsoft Edge: AI Browser 17+

Good. But a few missing features.

Been using it for just a few hours, and it’s good. But it fell short when I tried to force hold an animated gif to copy it and send through iMessage to a friend. Doesn’t sound like a huge issue at all, but when we only ever converse through a series of animated gifs, the browser simply couldn’t accomodate our conversation. Shame, because I’m really like it so far, and offloading to PC is a really handy feature.

The force touch also allows us to open a new browser window from links. So even though my main gripe was because of animated gif copying, the actual productivity feature of opening a new window from links is quite serious. In fact, there doesn’t seem to be any force touch at all with further testing. And the navigation/new tab on long press also doesn’t seem to be implemented.

Back to Safari for the time being. Shame, as it did look and feel nice.

Great browser, but removed all tabs after update

I prefer Microsoft Edge over Safari simply because it lags less, however, a recent update cause all my tabs to be reset. Even my history was erased so I wasn’t even able to restore my lost tabs. I would rate this browser 4 or 5 stars otherwise.

Edit: The latest update has now resolved this issue and I have all my tabs back prior to the update that removed them. A huge thanks to the devs for getting onto this issue and getting back to me so quickly, I’ve updated my rating to reflect their support.

If the devs read this, I thought I might add a few ideas to help improve Microsoft Edge even further:
- the ability to view all tabs as a list (instead of the current card layout), this would help in managing tabs easier.
- the current swipe down gestures are really useful, but I would love to see a gesture implemented to be able to switch tabs easier (similar to how you can switch tabs in Safari on iOS 15).

Anyways, thanks again for solving this issue.

- Nuzza

Developer Response ,

Sorry for the unpleasant experience! We have made an emergency fix for this issue, and we believe it has been addressed in the latest version 107.0.1418.36. You can go to the App Store to update to the latest version. If you got any other suggestion, please email us at msedgepreview@microsoft.com We'd love to get your feedback! --- Microsoft Edge Support

Missing the mark currently

Since switching to Edge when the default browser option became available, it’s been a real hit and miss. Currently external app links don’t seem to work right, with often mobile websites not recognising that the app might be installed, making opening links a little troublesome at times. In saying that, the schronisation across your account with the Desktop Edge has been great and has made keeping track of bookmarks so much easier. I also appreciate not having to wait until the next system update to get new features. However, and this is why I’ve swapped back to Safari, every now and then Edge locks up and needs to be force closes. When you load it back up, all the tabs have been lost and gotta start again. Never been an issue ok Safari so this ones a dealbreaker and that one bug that I’d fix to reconsider it again.