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MicrosoftSign 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.
Given that Google Chrome browser continues to top both desktop and phone browser usage stats each month with around 2/3 of the market, while Edge is in low single figures, it makes sense to do anything you can to attract Google Chrome user if Edge is ever going to be the serious competitor you want it to be.
For me, I have one reason for Google account integration in Edge, which dictates what I'd want integrated and what not. I require my primary browser on my Windows 10 desktop to integrate with my primary browser on my Android (8) phone with respect to syncing favourites, passwords etc, and for each to be able to send tabs to the other easily. I also don't want to use Google Chrome on my desktop. However, I will not even consider using Edge on my phone, period, because it uses controls at the bottom of the screen and I HATE bottom controls, and will not use an app with bottom controls, So, as things currently are I use Firefox on both phone and desktop ... but am concerned that the Android Firefox preview shows that they are intending to go to bottom controls as well in the not so distant future. Now, if desktop chromium Edge could sync with my Google account to (only) the extent needed to be able to sync via that with the Android Google Chrome for favourites, passwords, maybe history and open tabs, and for the two to be able to send tabs to each other, that would put Chromium Edge in contention for being my desktop browser. Without that, so I could use desktop Edge with Android phone Google Chrome, unless your Android Edge team move to top controls only, or add an option for top controls only, desktop chromium Edge is out of contention for me whatever else you do to it. For me to even consider desktop Edge it MUST sync (and sync, not just one off import) favourites, passwords, open tabs etc with some acceptable Android browser that does NOT use bottom controls, the two main options being Android Firefox and Chrome so therefore limited syncing with either a Google or Mozilla account.
