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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.
You don't have to sign into a Google account in the browser to access Google services. You can still sign into Google services (if you wanted) while signed into a Microsoft account in the browser. The in-browser sign in is just so that while in the browser all the devices signed into that same account (in the same browser) can have the same synced history and favorites and whatever else. So if you signed into Edge with an account on one computer, and signed into Edge on a different computer with that same account, you would have all the same favorites, search history, saved passwords, etc. The account that you signed into the browser with has zero affect on the websites you visit.
I think that Google has a few things on Bing. Especially quick actions (ex. A search for "https://www.google.com/search?q=whats+my+ip&oq=whats+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l6.2847j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active gives you your external IP in an answer box.) But they are mostly the same beyond that.
