Microsoft joins hands with Adobe to launch Edge browser with new PDF reading experience

In February 2023, Microsoft and Adobe announced a cooperation plan to integrate Adobe Acrobat’s PDF engine into the Edge browser. This move aims to improve users’ experience of reading PDF documents, including more accurate document presentation, smoother performance, enhanced security and wider accessibility. This cooperation is expected to bring users a more convenient and efficient PDF reading experience.

Recently, Microsoft has updated relevant cooperation details, revealing plans to phase out the old version of the PDF engine. According to the updated document, the old PDF engine built into the Edge browser is scheduled to be officially discontinued in early 2025. Later this summer, Microsoft will be the first to push a new PDF engine to enterprise-level management devices and provide an opt-out strategy to meet the needs of different users.

According to the editor’s understanding, Microsoft has begun to gradually launch the new Adobe Acrobat for ordinary Edge users PDF experience. For users who want to experience the new engine as early as possible, they can visit the edge://flags page and enable "New PDF Viewer" flag. But when this flag is enabled, users will see the promotion of Adobe An advertisement for the Acrobat service, which is a monthly subscription with an annual fee of $15.59 and provides functions such as editing PDFs, merging files, and adding items. Currently, the flag supports Windows and macOS systems.

For those users who are not used to or don’t like the new PDF reading experience, Microsoft provides a shutdown option so that they can go back to the previous version. However, it should be noted that the previous engine will soon be removed from the Edge browser, so users need to be prepared to adapt to the new reading environment.

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