Microsoft Edge Dev channel sports new PDF features and more in latest update

PDF highlights, Immersive Reader tweaks, and more are new in Microsoft Edge.

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What you need to know

Microsoft is out with another weekly Edge Dev channel release, bringing a round of new features, fixes, and improvements to the table. This update comes in at build number81.0.416.3, and one of its biggest additions is related to PDFs: You can now highlight PDF documents in Edge.

Apart from that, there are also tweaks to Immersive Reader, the option to duplicate favorites, and more options in the settings menu. Here’s a full look at what’s new, fixed, and improved in the latest Microsoft Edge Dev channel release.

For more on this release, including a look at known issues, you can check out Microsoft’sfull release notes. You can download the Microsoft Edge Dev channel, along with the other testing channels, at theEdge Insider site. The stable channel is alsoavailable to download.

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