Microsoft tests Tab Strip for Edge PWAs in Canary

Back in February, we reported Chrome PWA Windows got tab strips albeit behind a flag, today, Microsoft brought the same experimental UI for PWAs to Edge browser.

Microsoft is working to add more features to PWAs in Edge browsers. The company’s aim is to make PWAS more native in Windows 10 and has announced,it will bring a slew of new PWA features to May 2020 Update.

Till now, Edge PWAs can run on startup, supports jumplists on Windows 10 taskbar and colored title bars with removing the color option. To the latest. Edge team is testing the tab strip for PWAs.

Twitter PWA as tabbed Window Edge

Enable Tab Strips for PWAs in Edge browser

  1. Launch new Edge
  2. Visit edge://flags
  3. Search for “Desktop PWA tab strips”
    Desktop PWA tab strips flag edge
  4. Click on the dropdown arrow and select ‘Enabled”
  5. Restart the browser

1. Visit the Twitter website.

2. Click on the icon in the address bar and select “Open as tabbed window”
select open as tabbed window option

3. Click install

Once you launch Twitter PWA, you’ll notice a tabbed interface. Open links in news tabs as if you’re using a web browser.

Related to Edge PWAs, when you try to move a PWA to a different drive in Windows 10, it actually doesn’t save much space you’re aiming for, only App Manifest will  be moved. The PWA Storage will still be in the Edge Profile directory.

Move PWA to another drive Widnows 10

What’s your take on this? Have you enabled tabbed Windows for PWAs in Edge? Let us know in the comments below.

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Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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