Microsoft is testing a new way to share websites from its Edge browser.
What you need to know
- Microsoft Edge Canary has an experimental feature that makes it easier to share websites.
- Chrome Canary has had the same feature for some time, but it only recently rolled out to Edge Canary behind a flag.
- The Sharing Hub has options for copying links, creating QR codes, sending a site to another device, saving a page, and casting the site to another device.
Microsoft Edge Canary has a new experimental feature that allows you to share a website quickly. The feature is called the Edge Sharing Hub, and it's currently hidden behind a flag. Once you've enabled the flag, you'll see options for copying the link of a site, creating a QR code, sending a site to another device, saving a page, and casting to another device.
The feature was spotted on Reddit by Leopeva64-2. There are actually two experimental features related to the Sharing Hub, but in my testing, the flag for "Desktop Sharing Hub in App Menu" doesn't seem to work. Instead, I enabled the "Desktop Sharing Hub in Omnibox" option to see the menu below.
The menu is a bit buggy in its current state, which is to be expected for an experimental feature on a preview version of an app. I have to hover over each option to make text appear. Once I've done that, the menu appears to work.
I was able to create a QR code for a page and share a website in other ways. Sending a site from my PC to my phone didn't work, but I don't think that's related to the menu itself.
The same feature has been available on Chrome Canary for some time but didn't roll out to Edge Canary until recently.
Edge Canary
Edge Canary allows you to test out upcoming and experimental features for the browser. A new experimental feature for the browser brings a new sharing menu.
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