14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is working to make Edge browser a cross-platform app and after releasing it on Android and iPhone, the company has started to improve performance and fix the first issues that users are hitting after installing it.
The first stop is the iPhone. An update released for Microsoft Edge brings tons of improvements, some of which should definitely come in handy.
As it turns out, Microsoft was informed that the previous version of Edge browser for the iPhone caused devices to overheat, which obviously caused significant battery drain without doing anything else than browsing the web. The company says that it was aware of this bug and this update should make performance smoother with no overheating or battery drain to be experienced after that.
Also, this update comes with improvements for left and right swiping to go back and forth between pages, and this obviously comes in handy because it refines the overall browsing experience with gestures. This is particularly useful on the bigger iPhone Plus models where using the navigation buttons isn’t such an easy thing to do.
Deeper iOS integration
The new Microsoft Edge version for iPhone introduces support for actions and activities, like sharing sites, saving sites to notes, or adding pages to Pocket. Microsoft is expected to add more goodies in this regard in future updates, so it’s definitely a good thing that the company is working on deeper integration with iOS.
It goes without saying that Microsoft Edge is still in its early days on the iPhone, so users who install it might still come across bugs that weren’t fixed, but this is why it’s so important to report them to Microsoft to have everything improved in future updates.
For the time being, only registered users can install and try out Microsoft Edge for iPhone, so go here to enroll in the program and see what’s it like to run a Microsoft browser on Apple’s device.