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android links
I use edge on my desktop and would like to use it on my android phone.
I use Opera on my android because it allows me to save a website link to the home screen with the correct icon for that page.
If I try to do the same thing with edge it simply produces a plain icon with a single character (probably the first letter of the link), which means there are several such links all with the same character, which are indistinguishable from each other.
Is there a workaround?
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The letter tile means Edge did not obtain a usable icon. An installed web app’s name and icon normally come from the website’s web app manifest; when suitable icon metadata is absent or unreadable, the browser or launcher can generate a fallback initial. Edge does not provide a supported control for manually assigning a different image to each website shortcut. Update Edge and Android, delete one affected shortcut, reopen that site, and use Edge’s Install app or Add to phone option again. If the site offers an installable app, choose that instead of a basic page shortcut. You can also give the shortcut a distinctive name while adding it, or rename it afterward if your Android launcher supports that. If every re-created shortcut still shows a letter, the website owner must publish valid square icons in its web app manifest; this cannot be corrected from Edge settings.
