Microsoft and Adobe have partnered to integrate the Adobe Acrobat PDF rendering engine directly into the Edge browser, replacing the existing PDF engine.

The current PDF facilities within Microsoft Edge are much more basic, with the ability to add text and draw on documents, highlight passages of text, and not much else.

Microsoft Edge users on Windows will soon see Adobe branding in all PDFs, unless you subscribe to Adobe's advanced features.

Editor's take: More AI functionality is coming to Edge. A new feature incorporates Copilot into the built-in PDF reader. Microsoft already has a slew of AI-powered features in its browser, but ...

Microsoft just announced that the built-in PDF experience in Edge will soon be powered by the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine.

Acrobat on Edge: What to expect In a joint press release, Microsoft and Adobe said the combination of Edge and Acrobat will enable “richer rendering” for graphics and color accuracy.