Microsoft begins testing video ad blocking in Edge browser

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Published onSeptember 15, 2022

published onSeptember 15, 2022

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The Microsoft Edge Canary app for Android devices updated this week (viaGH) with a new feature called Edge Block Video Ads designed to block video ads within the mobile version of Microsoft’s web browser.

The Android Microsoft Edge app already features some ad blocking due to its integration of the free AdBlock Plus tool. Edge Block Video Ads is assumed to work in conjunction with AdBlock Plus’ ad blocking and will disable video ads that slip under the radar.

Edge Block Video Ads can be enabled within the Microsoft Edge Canary app via typingedge://flagsin the address bar and then performing a search forvideos.

If testing goes well in the Canary app, the feature will likely roll out to the regular Microsoft Edge Android app in the near future. It’s unclear if built-in video ad blocking is planned for the iOS or Windows version of Microsoft Edge though a number of ad blocking browser extensions, including AdBlock Plus, are already available to use on Windows.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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