Microsoft Edge Beta gains Collections and a load of other features
Collections continues to work its way through the prerelease channels of Microsoft Edge.
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What you need to know
The new Microsoft Edge just gained support for Collections in Microsoft Edge Beta. The feature allows you to group webpages into collections to organize your thoughts and plans. The update brings Microsoft Edge Beta to version 81.0.416.12 and also brings several other new features and improvements.
The Collections feature has been available in the Canary and Dev channels of Microsoft Edge for some time but has worked its way through to Microsoft Edge Beta. Collections is a highly requested feature for the browser, and Microsoft continues to add new functionality to the feature. Recently, Microsoft added the ability to share collections, the option to open all links from a collection in a new window, and the ability to access collections across devices.
Here’s the complete feature list in the latest update of Microsoft Edge Beta:
A couple of other notable new features for Microsoft Edge Beta include support for Dolby Vision playback, an option to use payment information stored on your Microsoft account to fill out payment forms, and integration with Windows Speller on devices running Windows 8.1 and above.
You can read the complete changelog for the update, including policy changes, onMicrosoft’s tech community post.
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