This was always possible on macOS, but only recently became possible on iOS. The third tip and trick for Edge on iOS and macOS is to set the default web browser to Edge. Setting the default browser to Edge on macOS and iOS Sometimes I use this to open links that I want open on my iPhone, or if I want to check to see how one of my articles that I am working on will end up looking in preview on mobile. Though the webpage appears as a Safari link (and opens in Safari on my iPhone) this is still a cool way to continue what was done on my Mac, on my iPhone. In this case, if I have a webpage open on Edge on my Mac, it ends up showing up on my iPhone when I swipe up to change my apps. Oddly enough, it looks as though Edge on macOS supports Handoff the same way that Edge on iOS does.

Next up is another cool trip which I recently discovered. It's very intuitive, and a great way to stay in sync across devices, especially since the main stable version of Edge doesn't yet support syncing history ( it's only in Edge Canary for now.) Handoff from Mac to iPhone The icon has a picture of an iPhone over it, which, which clicked, will open up the same webpage from my iPhone, but on my MacBook.

When Handoff is turned on, I can see an icon for Edge appear in the dock on macOS, along the side.

I've become familiar with this on Windows 10 with the 'Continue on PC' feature of Edge on iOS and Android, and this Handoff ability is essentially the same thing but on Mac.

Of course, Handoff also needs to be enabled on both iPhone and Mac for this to work, too.Īnyway, once enabled, I can open a webpage on my iPhone in Edge, and then send it over to my Mac. It works when each device is signed into iCloud with the same Apple ID, each device has Bluetooth turned on, and each device has WiFi turned on. For those unfamiliar, Handoff is Apple's way of letting you start work on one device, and then switching it over to another device nearby. One of the coolest tricks that I've discovered is that Microsoft Edge on iOS works with Apple's Handoff feature.

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