Microsoft will add a feature that lets users sign in to the Edge browser with a Google account, Windows Central reported on June 18.
Microsoft is developing the capability and plans to roll it out to all users in July, according to the company’s roadmap. It will support Windows and macOS, and administrators will be able to control whether the feature is used through policy settings.
Edge has so far allowed sign-in only with a Microsoft account. Microsoft in 2020 stated officially that it had no plan to integrate Google services into Edge by default. A Google account sign-in option for Edge was among the most frequently requested features among users at the time, but Microsoft did not apply it. It has now changed direction after about 5 years.
Microsoft recently also announced a plan to shorten the release cycle for major versions of Edge to 2 weeks.
Chi-gyu Hwang
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