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Sign in with a Google account - Discussion
- Jan 28, 2020
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.
Elliot Kirk I personally love this idea. It would be super nice to be able to have all my Microsoft Edge (which I use on most of my devices) favourites, extensions and extension data, and everything else synced with Chrome (which is usually the required browser for my organisation’s devices- and is required on my iPhone as well, as I am not able to use Edge). I can also see how this would be useful to Android users who use Chrome, not Edge, on their phones, as well as users of Chromebooks.
I do agree though, this should be an optional toggle to bring Google integration.