When you find an extension you want, just click the corresponding “Open in Store” button. But with this latest build, we’re seeing platform-agnostic password management courtesy of LastPass, plus some much-needed changes to the way extensions can display within the browser.Īssuming you’re running the latest Insider build, LastPass is now available for Edge via a roundabout route: You select Extensions from Edge’s “More” (“…”) menu, select “Get extensions from the Store” from the pane that appears, and then click the “Download extensions” button on the web page that appears. Aside from the initial release that supported extensions, the biggest step forward was the arrival of first-class ad blocking last month. So Microsoft has provided early peeks at Edge extension support over the past several Insider builds. But that support is arriving in the free Windows 10 Anniversary update, which is expected to ship in late July. The big one, of course, is extension support. Lack of interest in Edge is understandable: When the browser launched as part of Windows 10 last July, it was horribly incomplete and missing many key features. By comparison, Google Chrome has jumped to 46 percent of all usage, while stumbling Firefox ekes out less than 9 percent. Today, it accounts for just under 5 percent of desktop web browser usage, according to the latest data from NetApplications.
That closes the loop, I think, on the most-frequently requested features for this product, and could put Edge over the top when the Windows 10 Anniversary update hits this summer.Īnd that release can’t happen quickly enough, if you’re concerned about Edge usage: While Windows 10 has quickly jumped to over 10 percent usage in desktop OS market, Edge usage has lagged. Suddenly, it’s all starting to come together: With the release of Windows 10 Insider build 14361 this week, Microsoft is now providing the LastPass extension to users of its Edge web browser.
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