Microsoft is testing feature in Edge to edit images before saving

Microsoft is testing a feature in Edge to edit images before users save them. The feature is in the Canary trial version of the browser. Users can apply filters and adjust lighting and colors, among other things.

Screenshots of the feature surfaced on Reddit by a post from user Leopeva64-2. Also, among other things Ghacks discusses the feature and notes that it doesn’t seem possible to trigger the function via a flag; it seems to be a test among a limited number of users.

The option appears under a right-click on an image in a web page. Below the options for saving and copying the image is now an option for editing, after which the interface to edit photos appears. Similar to the image editor in Microsoft’s Photos app.

There, users can crop an image, adjust filters and colors, and make other edits before finally saving the image. It is unclear why Microsoft considers it necessary to put a photo editor in Edge. The company has not publicly communicated about the test.