Latest Microsoft Edge Dev Update Brings Support for Chrome Themes

Aug. 6, 2020

Microsoft has added a feature to let usersinstall browser themes from Chrome Web storewith the latestMicrosoft Edgeupdate rolling out in the Dev channel. Thanks to this change, you can now explore the vast collection of themes created for Google Chrome and use the one that you like the most on Edge.

Until now, it was not possible to useChrome themeson Edge. Trying to install them showed a“There was a problem adding the item to Chrome. Please refresh the page and try again. Themes are not supported in Microsoft Edge”error.

The update also brings various new minor improvements, which you can check out in the official changelog listed below:

As you might have guessed already, this feature is made available because Edge is now built on top of Chromium. We could expect the feature to get rolled out to the beta channel and eventually to the stable builds of Edge over the coming months.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.