This innovation was discovered in one of the latest beta versions of Edge Canary. This feature allows users to configure Edge to open links in related PWA apps or installed web apps.

how will it work

For example, a user will be able to configure the browser to automatically switch to the PWA version of YouTube when they click on a link to YouTube in Edge. Now this option can be enabled in the latest test version of the browser.

Web application developers have long had the ability to integrate a link handler into their products. The peculiarity of the new Edge feature is that it will also work with websites installed as applications.

Enthusiasts were able to find a description of this feature in the public Microsoft documentation. It says this feature is available as of Edge 97. It is unknown when the new feature will appear in stable versions of the browser.