Price comparison and coupon sites can help users save a little money when shopping online, and Microsoft is now considering adding both of these features to its Edge browser to help it stand out from the crowd. . As reported by BleepingComputer, the software giant's price comparison tool and autofill coupon features are currently working with only the basic features enabled at this time. The price comparison feature was first discovered in the Dev and Canary versions of Microsoft Edge, and the tool performs price comparisons on retail product pages added to a collection. Internally, the tool is called "MSColllectionsPriceComparison" and once a user adds product pages from specific retailer sites, a "Compare prices with other retailers" link appears below the price. 'a product. If a user clicks the price comparison link, Edge searches Bing for other matching products and displays their prices. However, in press conference testing, the feature has yet to go live and only works with certain retailers, including Amazon, BestBuy, Newegg, Walmart, and Target.
Automatic coupon entry
Comparing prices can help shoppers get better deals on their purchases, but so do coupons, especially when a user doesn't even have to track them down online to use them. After reviewing the Canary version of Microsoft Edge, Techdows discovered that the company was testing a new feature that will auto-fill coupons on online retailer checkout pages. While the company's new "Show coupons as autofill suggestions" feature isn't available yet, Microsoft provides more details about how it works on the Browser's Experimental Features page, which says: “If enabled, Microsoft Edge will display coupons according to the information in the cart and the website. These coupons will appear as autofill suggestions near the coupon or promotion field during checkout. - Mac, Windows" If Microsoft's new coupon autofill feature sounds familiar, it's probably because it offers the same functionality as the ever-popular Honey Chrome extension. However, the software giant makes it even easier for users to take advantage of online coupons by integrating this feature directly into your browser For now, Edge's price comparison and autofill coupon features are still in testing, but we'll likely hear more from them once Microsoft is ready to add them officially to your browser.Via BleepingComputer