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Microsoft may bring split-screen feature to Edge

Updated on: 25 January,2023 07:55 PM IST  |  San Francisco
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Once the feature becomes enabled, a new button will appear alongside the address bar, letting users split an Edge window into two separate tabs side-by-side

Microsoft may bring split-screen feature to Edge

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Microsoft is reportedly testing a new split-screen feature for Edge that will let users compare two tabs side-by-side. The feature was discovered by a Reddit user named Leopeva64-2 and is now available in the beta, dev, and canary versions of Microsoft Edge with an experimental flag, reports The Verge.


Once the feature becomes enabled, a new button will appear alongside the address bar, letting users split an Edge window into two separate tabs side-by-side. Windows already allows you to compare tabs next to each other by dragging the tab to the right or left of the screen and using the built-in Windows split view, but doing this is fiddly unless you drag the tab all the way there, said the report.


This built-in split view in Edge makes it easier in a single click, without having to re-arrange your tabs or open up a new window of a browser. Meanwhile, Microsoft ended support for Edge web browser on both Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. The company has also ended support for Microsoft Edge WebView2 for both operating systems.


WebView2 is a developer control for embedding web content in applications. Moreover, Chrome support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 has also ended, and now users will need to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11 to use the browser.

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