Even though the name is, the web browser is used for more than just consuming content on the internet lately. They are almost like their own operating system, and people use it to complete work, especially those involving office documents. Given the use case, it seems reasonable that the browser starts getting a better document processing tool, and Microsoft EDGE comes to rescue by integrating its writing help tool, so you don’t need to register for a separate service for it.

This is actually not a fully new functionality for Microsoft Edge’s advanced users. The browser has long offered an add-on called Microsoft Editor which offers grammar, spelling, and style suggestions. Instead of having to copy and attach content between a word processor like Microsoft Word and email, you can have all checks made on the webpage itself.

Grammarly users, maybe the most popular names in this market, will get used to how this function can save a lot of time and reputation. Of course, this is also a small business where more sophisticated features are locked behind a paid subscription. Both Grammarly and Microsoft editors have such options, the latter requires Microsoft 365 subscription.

What Microsoft announced was that Microsoft editor passed from the optional add-on to the official part of the edge browser. Users don’t even need to realize that add-on is like that, and they just type in any text field to see the sign for typos or style.

This feature is another way Microsoft tries to distance yourself from Google Chrome by offering added value on the basis of the same chromium. New default functionality is still in testing among people in the Canary and Dev channels. Currently limited to Windows users in the US but are expected to expand to all platforms where the edges are available.