Microsoft Edge Will Offer Ad Blocking

Microsoft's Edge Browser Will Offer Ad Blocking

The next version may stop ads without using third-party extensions.

Steve Dent | March 31, 2016

Ad blockers continue to go mainstream as Microsoft revealed its Edge browser will soon have the tech built right in. The feature was spotted by ZDNet during a Build 2016 presentation, where a slide showed that the software giant will "build ad blocking features into the browser" in the next release. The wording implies that the feature may work natively without third-party extensions, which is a good thing since Edge only just started supporting those. However, the same slide also shows that Microsoft plans to "provide a modern extension/plug-in model," complete with a store, for the next Edge release.

From earlier software. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k6CoYcxtUY Published August 1, 2015.

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