Microsoft has announced a couple of significant improvements to the history experience in the new Edge browser, which take cues from the improvements to favourite that were announced a few weeks ago.
The new history experience is designed to help you quickly get back to the sites you’ve visited previously, including tabs you’ve recently closed or have open on other devices.
The new history experience is designed to simplify the process by opening on top of the current webpage. From here, you can simply click through your history and watch as the page loads in the background. When you find the page you want, simply click anywhere outside of the history menu to close it. Of course, just like favorites, you can also pin history open for a more permanent view as well.
In addition to your browsing history, you’ll also find pivots for your recently closed tabs and tabs you have open on other devices. History will even remember which pivot you were on last for faster access next time.
Microsoft has updated recently closed to remember the last 25 tabs and windows from any past session rather than just the previous one, giving you plenty of time to return later. And you can now expand a recently closed window to see all the tabs you had open inside.
You can now add history to your toolbar right next to favorites and Collections for one-click access. Just open the history menu, click on the history menu button ( ), and select Show history button in toolbar. You can also customize your toolbar on the Appearance page in Settings.
As usual, this experience is available first to members of the Edge Insider program, specifically those in the Dev and Canary channels. It should come to everyone over time.
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