Microsoft Edge on Android cannot be described as a popular browser. According to the latest Statcounter report, Edge’s market share is too small to show up on the charts because Android customers don’t want to move away from Chrome or Samsung Internet. Still, a new feature in Edge for Android may tempt users to ditch mainstream browsers in favor of Microsoft’s.
As spotted by Leopeva64-2, Edge for Android has a new experimental function to improve how the browser blocks ads. With the new configuration, Edge for Android is expected to better block the video ads we see on platforms like YouTube. According to Leopeva64-2, this function blocks video ads pretty well, but your experience may be slightly different.
To test the updated ad blocker on Microsoft Edge on Android, download the browser from the Google Play Store and go to edge://flags/#edge-block-video-ads. Set the function to Enabled and restart the browser. Then try opening YouTube or any other website with video ads…
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