Microsoft Updates Android Browser with Picture-in-Picture Mode

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While the desktop version of Microsoft Edge is getting a major overhaul, with Microsoft migrating from EdgeHTML to Chromium, the mobile siblings stick with their current engines and keep receiving improvements every once in a while.

The Android version of Microsoft Edge, for example, was updated to version 42.0.2.3333 this week, and one of the most important improvements is the addition of picture-in-picture support.

This new feature allows users to watch videos while browsing the web, and beginning with this update, Edge adopters can do this on Android as well. Previously, the feature was released on iOS earlier this year.

For now, if you want to use PiP in Microsoft Edge on Android, you need to be running at least Android 8.0 Oreo on your device. Otherwise, the feature isn’t supported and an update of the mobile operating system is required – obviously, if available, as not all manufacturers shipped Oreo or Pie to their devices.

The same update introduces a bunch of other under-the-hood improvements, so overall Microsoft Edge should run a bit smoother, though many might not even notice this at first.