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Hey, everyone! Thanks so much for this discussion, we've learned a lot from your comments. We'd like to first make it clear that we do not plan to integrate Google services into Microsoft Edge by default. We are considering including an opt-in experience for users to attach their Google account to Microsoft Edge but are not ready to make a decision on it just yet.
I'd like to take this time to reiterate what Elliot posted back in November: One option available to you today to use a single user identifier across the various services you use is to create a new Microsoft Account using a @gmail address.
As you know, you can currently import your data from Chrome by going to edge://settings/importData. You can also sign into Google websites and remember your password in Microsoft Edge to reduce the number of times you need to sign in. Accessing your Microsoft Edge data on-the-go is easily done by signing into Microsoft Edge with a Microsoft account and syncing with Microsoft Edge across other devices and mobile.
As always, we will update here once we have more information. Please continue to provide your feedback and suggestions around this feature; the team will continue to review feedback even if we have moved something to Not Planned.
Edge doesn't need the ability for people to use a Google account in the browser. You can still go to Google services and workspaces and sign in on there and even save your password. Also consider this: Does Chrome allow you to sign in with a Microsoft account? No. People can just make a Microsoft account to use Edge or just not even sign in but still have a user. You can still create a profile where you can save passwords and do whatever else without signing in if you don't want to have to create a Microsoft account.
**Also please not that I am not directly speaking to cjc2112, I just replied to him because the topic was related to what I wanted to talk about. It just so happened that I clicked on his post to comment.
Correction, Edge was built on the Chromium open source code that powers Chrome. Chromium is just the browser engine sitting underneath Chrome, it's just the browser engine. Edge just switched over to the browser engine built by Google that powers Chrome, and Edge wasn't the first by any means. There are many more browsers that run on Chromium. Microsoft has no obligation to associate with Google in Edge (nor does any other Chromium browser). Edge is not Chrome, it is still its own browser, just built on the code that powers Chrome. Just because two cars use the same engine doesn't mean that they are the same car.