Microsoft Edge is poised to become a major competitor in the browser wars, but there wasn’t an easy way to see the features planned for it—that is, until now. Microsoft has published a roadmap dedicated entirely to its Edge browser, and it’s already full of interesting tidbits.
Microsoft Edge’s New Roadmap Website
You can find the roadmap over on the Microsoft Edge Insider website, on a page titled “What’s Next.”
If you’re familiar with Microsoft’s roadmaps, you’ll find the website very familiar. That’s because it’s using a similar format to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, which the software giant uses to update the public on the future of its productivity services.
Now, you can browse planned features and see release dates for Microsoft Edge as you could any of Microsoft’s productivity services. Already, the Edge roadmap is full of interesting updates that will arrive before or on April 2021.
For example, Microsoft Edge will soon autofill your date of birth for you in forms and fields. It’ll also render fonts better and allow you to manually reset any data stored in Edge’s cloud.
There are a few familiar faces in this crowd, too. On the Edge roadmap, Microsoft has declared that vertical tabs are currently rolling out to the public. We saw this feature in action when vertical tabs made their way onto the Microsoft Edge Dev channel.
You’ll also find Microsoft Edge’s sleeping tabs on the roadmap, and it, too, is listed as currently rolling out. We saw the initial launch of this feature back when Microsoft announced a big bundle of updates for Edge, and it seems Microsoft isn’t quite done getting the feature onto everyone’s PCs just yet.
This new roadmap seems to be a very handy way to see what Microsoft is currently focusing on and what revolutionary new features are planned. Microsoft has already had a great start to 2021 with Edge, so it’ll be exciting to see what else appears on this roadmap.
A Glimpse of the Future for Edge
With Microsoft Edge now getting its own dedicated roadmap, it’ll be easier to see what the software giant has up its sleeves for the browser. We’ll definitely keep our eyes on the website as news develops and report on any exciting features as soon as possible.
If you don’t know what the fuss over Microsoft Edge is about, the browser has been putting up some impressive statistics lately. It wasn’t too long ago that Microsoft claimed that the new Chromium-based Edge had 600 million users to its name.
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