What's new in microsoft edge with anniversary update

The Anniversary Update for Windows 10 will be available for free to all users of this operating system from July 29. With this update, there will be news in all fields, at the level of functionalities and user interface that will be altered, such as the start menu itself.

One of the applications that will receive more changes and improvements is the Microsoft Edge browser, which comes to replace the legendary Internet Explorer of all life. Let's review some of the most interesting changes that are going to come to Edge once we apply Anniversary Update to our Windows 10.

Microsoft Edge extensions

One aspect that Microsoft promised when the browser was announced was the addition of extensions, present in other popular browsers for years like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, many users cannot conceive of using an Internet browser without the extensions.

Luckily, Microsoft Edge will have several very important extensions once we install Anniversary Update: Adblock and Adblock Plus, Amazon Assistant, Evernote Web Clipper, LastPass: Free Password Manager, Mouse Gestures, Office Online, OneNote Web Clipper, Page Analyzer, Pin It Button, Reddit Enhancement Suite, Save to Pocket, and Translator For Microsoft Edge. No doubt many will appreciate the arrival of Adblock for the annoying advertisements on many web pages and LastPass to keep all your passwords in one place.

Lower Battery Consumption

At the time we talked about the battery consumption of Microsoft Edge against Chrome and Firefox, emerging victorious. The battery saving in portable devices is another of the tricks of the browser that will surely make more than one user opt for it.

More accessible and compatible

Microsoft has ensured that its browser is fully compliant with today's Internet standards, HTML5, CSS3 and ARIA for creating web applications, it also highlights the high contrast mode to improve the display.

More configuration options

There are several aspects to highlight that allow us to further customize the browser, such as:

• Now you can indicate if we want the browser to start with the default page, with a blank page, with the last page we have visited or with a specific address. In the favorites bar you can now configure it to only show the icons of the favorite pages. The favorites bar will now be able to show in tree view like Windows Explorer. Now you can indicate that the browsing data is deleted every time the browser is closed. Now we can decide what to do with the downloads, if you want to save, cancel or choose the destination folder.

As you can see, Microsoft Edge is getting closer to being considered a 'complete' and worthy browser to replace Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, we will check this shortly.