How Microsoft Edge will beat Chrome as the best PDF reader with the Fall Creators Update

Microsoft Edge is gaining new PDF reader features within the Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update--everything from sticky notes to inked signatures. It's part of Microsoft's bid to compete with Chrome and Firefox as the best Web browser, and along the way, carve out a niche as the best free PDF viewer available. We tried Edge's new capabilities within Build 16251 of the Windows Insider program, several iterations after Microsoft debuted the new functionality as part of Build 16188. The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has since rolled out, and all of these features are now live. But based on these builds, you'll be able to fill fields, re-orient PDFs, add sticky notes, and adjust the PDF layout--even mark them up with digital ink, and sign PDF documents with a stroke of your stylus.