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On the main Settings panel, you can choose what gets displayed when you open a new tab.

They are kept as a collection, which lets you open them all again as a group or individually. Just click the little button that sits to the left of your current tabs to set them aside. With Edge, you can set your current tabs aside and then bring them back later without digging through your browsing history. Sometimes you need to sweep away your open tabs but don't necessarily want to delete them. You can also mouse over a tab to view a thumbnail of its current page. I still use the little favicon on each tab to keep things straight, but Edge's tab preview feature comes in handy when I have multiple tabs open from the same site (and so, with the same favicon). Preview current tabsĭon't know which open tab is which? Click the small down-arrow button that sits to the right of your current tabs, and the tabs expand to each show a small thumbnail of its current page. Or my favorite: Cortana knows when you are listening to a song on YouTube and offers to show you its lyrics. Or if you need a Blizzard and visit Dairy Queen's site, Cortana will offer to show you where the closest DQ is to you. If you are reading about the iPhone 8 ( $152 at Amazon), for example, Cortana might offer to show you other articles about Apple's upcoming phone. Instead of hearing her voice, you'll see Cortana's ring icon in Edge's URL bar when she can help. (You'll need to have Cortana enabled systemwide in order to use Cortana in Edge.) Once enabled, Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana will pop up from time to time in Edge with an offer to help you. Edge will not list a search engine until you have visited its site first, so click over to Google's homepage before changing Edge's search engine.Īlso on the Advanced settings panel is a toggle switch to Have Cortana assist me in Microsoft Edge. To set your default search engine, click the triple-dot button in the top right corner of Edge, click Settings, scroll down to View advanced settings and then choose Change search engine. Edge's default is Bing, but you can change it to Google (or any other search engine that uses OpenSearch). Moving from Chrome to Edge doesn't mean you need to leave behind Google search. If you set Edge up the right way and learn how to use some of its better features, then you might just ditch Google to begin browsing with Microsoft. In an attempt to lure you away from Chrome, Microsoft has improved its Edge browser.