14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft’s work on the new Chromium-based Edge browser advances at a fast pace, and after it revealed some of its short-term feature plans for the app, the company now confirmed another improvement that it has in mind.
Microsoft Edge will soon sport support for Windows 10 Timeline, according to the Microsoft Edge dev team which took to Reddit for an AMA session.
When asked if Microsoft plans to add Windows Timeline integration in Microsoft Edge, the team briefly answered that “we’re actively working on it,” with no other specifics offered for the time being.
Timeline is a Windows feature that creates snapshots of the running apps, documents, and browser tabs and allows you to restore full sets of activities within a timeframe of 30 days.
With Timeline expanded beyond Windows, it’s now possible to sync browsing sessions between Android and Windows 10, so by adding support for the Chromium engine, these two platforms would work together even more seamlessly.
Timeline extension for Google Chrome
What will be interesting to find out is how Microsoft plans to integrate Windows Timeline support in the new Edge browser.
The original Timeline version only worked with the native Edge browser that comes pre-loaded on Windows 10, but an extension published in the Chrome Web Store enabled similar functionality for Google Chrome as well.
Microsoft hasn’t yet confirmed whether it plans to support Timeline in the new Edge with an extension or natively as a built-in feature, but there’s a chance the company implements it at browser level, especially as the revamped Edge will become the new default in Windows 10.
Without any specifics provided it’s hard to tell when Windows Timeline integration is projected to go live for Microsoft Edge users. At the same time, the company hasn’t shared details as to when it aims to finalize the development work of the stable build of Microsoft Edge.
Via WL