How Microsoft's AI convinced me to switch to Edge, and where the browser still falls short

I finally broke down and switched to Microsoft's Edge browser this week on my Windows PC, after many years of using Google Chrome. No, it wasn't the incessant and annoying prompts in Windows 11, urging me to make Edge my default, although the nagging did keep the Microsoft browser top of mind. For me, the tipping point was Edge's built-in "Read aloud" feature, and what sounds to my ears like major advances in some of Microsoft's synthesized voices, to the point that they're almost indistinguishable from human narrators. I've long been a fan of text-to-speech for listening to articles and long emails. I've used various apps and browser plugins over the years, some of them more seamless than others.