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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.
Elliot KirkElliot one of the things I hope the Edge team is keeping in mind here is the Chrome sign-in debacle last August/September. I'm not anti-Google but they broke a lot of trust and good will with that situation. Because of this, I think it's important that it's not even possible to sign in to Edge with a Google account. Also, being able to sign-in to Edge with a Google account could reinforce the idea that Edge is just Chrome with a new coat of pain (I personally don't believe that but there are a lot of critics saying that, please don't give them more ammunition). User trust and confidence is so important these days, especially when it comes to matters of privacy, please don't allow Google account sign in with Edge.
(Google responded to the backlash last September by adding a switch to Chrome that is off by default, but this is a half measure and they didn't answer lots of the questions people had about this situation. Here is Google's blog post about it https://blog.google/products/chrome/product-updates-based-your-feedback/ )