Forum Discussion
Sign in with a Google account - Discussion
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.
HotCakeX wrote:
it's always been there, not new. Microsoft lets anyone who wants to create a new Microsoft account to either create a new Microsoft Email OR use their own Email address. that Email address can be Gmail, Yahoo etc.
Yup, and kudos to MS for that! Now, another little step towards making life easier for its users by allowing sync with a Google account wouldn't hurt, either.
- Honestly, they don't need to do that. they have integrated chromium engine into Edge to make life easier for everyone, already. people just need to use Microsoft account instead of google account. that's it.
if you want, you can ask google to add Microsoft sync support to their chrome browser.
HotCakeX wrote:
Honestly, they don't need to do that. they have integrated chromium engine into Edge to make life easier for everyone, already. people just need to use Microsoft account instead of google account. that's it.
if you want, you can ask google to add Microsoft sync support to their chrome browser."People just need to use Microsoft account instead of Google account" -- well, I am not ready to do that, and I just wanted to try out the new Edge browser for a while without having to jump in head-first. If I can't do that, no problem, I won't be trying out Edge, and maybe it'll be my loss or maybe not, who knows... But it is certainly a loss to Microsoft, as I don't think that driving interested new users away is the result it hoped to achieve -- or is it? Anyway, I am tired of all this back-and-forth. It seems as though many here are concerned more with establishing some sense of "justice" or payback to Google for perceived wrongs than with the pragmatic matter of accommodating as many people as possible, so they can get what they need. Nursing hurt emotions is hardly ever helpful for moving forward...
You are not ready to use Microsoft so, tell why do you have to test edge if you are not ready to use Microsoft ?
Those who want google sync are just some people who want to have all without sacrifice anything.
you want to continue to use chrome uninstall edge and go back to Google, because here we are insider who want to help MICROSOFT to do something better, and don't want to see Google in it.In my case if a user here have more the right to say something it's HotCakeX because unlike others who make children because they don't sync with google, some here like her (sorry if it's not her) help and contribute on the creation/debug of edge.
You want to sync the two, use a sync extension and sync it yourself and don't let us loose our time (and the one of Engineer who work very hard to create an edge better than other copy of chrome).
Many of us have come to Microsoft to cut all tie with Google, so Let Google in and they will loose trust of company and these person).
Because companies use in 80% Microsoft event the Military of France using Microsoft, not Google no MICROSOFT, do you Really think there user who will see google appear in edge will just say "our data maybe copied by google not a serious issue".
No if Microsoft do that they will lose many of their contract with military who count in million so Sync with Google is i VERY major problem for us.
