Microsoft is integrating Adobe Acrobat PDF reader into Edge

One thing to look ahead to: Microsoft Edge is getting extra than simply AI enhancements; the Adobe Acrobat PDF rendering engine is being built-in immediately into the browser, changing the present PDF reader. Adobe says the change will end in extra correct colours and graphics in paperwork, improved efficiency, and higher safety.

Following Microsoft’s announcement yesterday that it is going to be introducing new AI options to Edge and Bing powered by the expertise behind ChatGPT, Adobe has announced a partnership with Microsoft to combine the corporate’s common PDF reader immediately into the Redmond agency’s browser.

Along with improved PDF constancy, efficiency, and safety, Adobe says the change will even carry higher textual content choice and read-aloud narration.

These options might be freely accessible in Adobe’s PDF reader, with extra superior choices, resembling the flexibility to edit textual content and pictures, convert PDFs to different file codecs, and mix information, added through a subscription. Acrobat Normal prices $12.99 per thirty days. Present subscribers (and people who pay for the Artistic Cloud package deal) will even be capable to entry Adobe Acrobat’s premium options inside Edge itself.

“By bringing the worldwide customary in PDF expertise to Microsoft Edge and the billion-plus Home windows customers worldwide, Adobe and Microsoft are utilizing our joint heritage and experience in productiveness to take an essential step ahead in making trendy, safe, and related work and life a actuality,” stated Ashley Nonetheless, SVP and GM, Adobe.

The combination of Adobe Acrobat’s PDF reader into Edge will happen throughout a phased rollout beginning in March 2023, at which level it would arrive in new variations of the browser for Home windows 10 and Home windows 11. Nevertheless, organizations with managed gadgets can opt-in to the brand new characteristic first, giving them time to check the reader.

Adobe says that the present Microsoft Edge PDF resolution with the legacy engine will now not be supported as of March 2024, a 12 months after the brand new reader’s integration begins.

Statcounter locations Edge’s world desktop browser consumer share at slightly below 4.5%, a good distance off Chrome’s 65%. After saying the slew of AI-powered options coming to its product (and Bing), Microsoft might be hoping the Adobe integration will make Edge extra interesting to shoppers, serving to it steal a couple of extra customers away from Google’s dominant behemoth.