Microsoft is considering introducing a component dedicated to launching mini games directly in the Edge browser. This novelty, currently tested with a small number of users, is not yet certain to see the light of day.
Microsoft Edge could soon allow the launch of mini games // Source: Microsoft
Microsoft continues to enrich Edge … to the point of giving its browser the appearance of yarrow. Today we learn from Neowin that the firm is considering adding a new button ” Games “ at Edge. This command, tested by some Edge Canary users, displays a pane containing a selection of mini games, some of which are directly from MSN Games. This selection is divided into several categories corresponding to Microsoft Classics games, arcade, board and card games, puzzles, sports games, or even titles. vsasual, among others. Clicking on any game is enough to launch it directly in the browser.
Shared on Reddit by u / Leopeva64-2, this new feature must nevertheless be activated from Edge settings to be used. The button ” Games “ appears next to the download button, to the right of the address bar.
A very limited deployment for the moment, for testing purposes
For now, Microsoft is sticking to a small-scale deployment. This new feature is therefore not accessible to all users of the latest version of Edge Canary (99.0.1117.0). And at this point, there is no guarantee that this functionality will be deployed on a large scale in the end.
Source: Reddit – u / Leopeva64-2
Note that Microsoft has added a lot of features and tools to Edge in recent months … To the point of overloading the experience a little, especially for fans of clean browsers.
In 2021 alone, the firm has, for example, deployed, via various channels of its browser, shopping functionalities, a quotation utility, an Office integration or even a tool dedicated to mathematics. The idea? Make Edge a real Swiss Army knife without forcing the user to go through extensions. Still, the relevance and usefulness of these different additions, as native features, are sometimes questionable.
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