Microsoft Edge gets free PDF viewer from Adobe

Edge already had a good built-in tool for viewing PDF files, but Microsoft decided to replace it with a version from Adobe Acrobat that includes "advanced" features, albeit paid for.

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Microsoft presents the integration as a way to provide users with a "unique PDF experience with higher fidelity for colour and graphics, improved performance and security". While the company says that the basic features will be free and won't lose any functionality, the new tool will have an "unobtrusive Adobe brand".

You'll also see an option to "try" Adobe's paid PDF features, which allow you to merge files, edit text and images, and convert PDFs. However, enabling these features comes at a price and means you'll need to subscribe to Adobe Acrobat.

The decision to replace the standard PDF reader with Adobe's product seems strange, especially since no one has complained about it, but we'll see if it really offers such "unique" functionality.

Source: The Verge