While Microsoft Edge can open any PDF file, if you prefer Adobe Acrobat, you can use the Adobe extension to make Acrobat the default PDF viewer in your browser.

The Adobe Acrobat PDF engine will replace Edge’s current PDF reader over the course of the next two years. This will, according to Adobe, result in improved performance, higher fidelity ...

Microsoft will soon make big visual changes to Edge on Windows 10 and 11 by making Adobe's Acrobat rendering engine the basis for the browser's built-in PDF reader and showing the Adobe brand in all ...

Two years ago, Microsoft replaced the built-in PDF reader in the Edge browser, but the fact is that many users have continued sticking with the old legacy PDF reader to this day. Back in 2023, the PDF ...

Together, the two companies are updating the PDF experience and value users have come to expect in Microsoft Edge by powering the built-in PDF reader with the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine.

If you're using a recent version of Windows, Microsoft's Edge browser will "helpfully" make itself your default PDF viewer. You might want to change that default ...

The basic PDF reader built into Microsoft Edge is getting replaced by Adobe Acrobat’s more feature-rich engine.