Web capture makes an appearance on Microsoft Edge Canary

A new tool for capturing the web is in testing on Microsoft Edge.

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What you need to know

Microsoft Edge has a new web capture feature in testing. The feature makes it easy to capture and share a portion of a webpage. The feature was first spotted byAggiornamenti Lumia, which shared a video of the feature in action.

Web capture appears to be in A/B testing. As pointed out byOnMSFT, the feature isn’t rolling out to all Microsoft Edge Canary users.

Microsoft Edge - Web Capturepic.twitter.com/yEtWJq9cMeMicrosoft Edge - Web Capturepic.twitter.com/yEtWJq9cMe— Aggiornamenti Lumia (@ALumia_Italia)September 1, 2020September 1, 2020

You can access the feature by opening the ellipsis menu on Microsoft Edge and selecting “Web Capture.” The interface of the feature is similar to that of Windows 10’s built-in snipping tool.

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