Microsoft Edge for Android now supports installing ANY extension… with some work
One of the best new features in Microsoft Edge will soon get even better.
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What you need to know
Microsoft Edge for Android may soon support using any extension that you’d like. Microsoftstarted testing extensions in Edge for Androidearlier this year, but a savvy Reddit user spotted the option to install any extension on Edge Canary for Android, though you need to jump through a few hoops to replicate the process.
Using any extension requires enabling developer mode and using the Extension install ID of what you’d like to run, so it’s not a seamless experience. But that’s to be expected during this early stage of testing.
Initially, you had to have Edge Canary to try extensions, but you can now enable them in the stable version of Edge for Android. After using extensions in Edge for Android for one week,I asked how I ever lived without them. I’ve continued to use extensions in Edge since then and can’t imagine swapping to a browser without extension support. Hopefully more extensions work within the browser soon.
Regardless of the version of Edge you’re using on Android, you have to enable extensions through Edge://flags:
Oddly, the supported extensions appear to differ depending on the version of Edge you use. In my testing, Dark Reader, uBlock Origin, and Global Speed work on Edge Canary but the stable version of Edge only supports Dark Reader and Global Speed.
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Microsoft’s browser is most known for its presence on Windows, but it also has a version on Android. The browser currently supports a few extensions if you enable a flag but may work with any extension in the near future.
How to use any extension in Edge mobile
It is possible to use any extension in Edge mobile right now, but it’s in the early stages of testing and requires several steps to enable and set up. You may also experience frequent crashes. It may not be worth the hassle to enable all extensions at the moment. But if you’re eager to do so,Reddit user daplugg23outlined the steps:
Presumably, if using more extensions works well on Edge, Microsoft will streamline the process. Alternatively, Microsoft may expand the list of included extensions gradually.
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