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Microsoft Edge Beta available on iOS with breaking news alert, developer options and more

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  • 2 min read
  • 16 Aug 2018

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Microsoft has added new features in Microsoft Edge Beta, which is the testing version of Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Edge is a browser for all your devices, giving you a continuous browsing experience across all the devices. Microsoft is constantly adding new features to Edge giving readers an organized, secure, and fast user experience. Recently they rolled out features like, intelligent visual search, support for paste and go option in the search bar, along with some performance improvements in Microsoft Edge for iOS.

What are the new updates in Microsoft Edge Beta?


To continue in the “best browser race”, they have added more features in Microsoft Edge Beta on iOS:

  • You can now access both personal and work/school accounts simultaneously. This is enabled by a toggle to keep the respective browsing histories separate.
  • A new option is added to receive breaking news alerts
  • A new developer options menu
  • Now iPad users can use the Command key on their attached keyboard to see shortcuts
  • A What's new and tips link is added in settings
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  • Icons for the Favorites, Reading List, Books, and History in the Hub is now moved to the bottom
  • You can now reorganize the Favorites folder
  • Users can view the book annotations except for PDF free-form inking
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes!


You can get these features on your iOS device if you have signed up for Apple’s TestFlight, a service that makes it easy to invite users to test your apps and collect valuable feedback before you release them on the App Store.

You can find the regular version of Microsoft Edge and follow the “What’s New” section to know if these features are rolled out!

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