Microsoft looks to improve Edge with permanent import from Chrome

Microsoft is testing a new feature in the Canary and Developer versions of its Edge web browser that is designed to import data from Google Chrome every time the browser is launched.

Most web browsers include an import feature to migrate user data from another browser to a newly installed or running web browser. Data such as passwords, bookmarks, cookies, or open tabs can be imported to continue in a new browser without losing any old data in the process. Importing can also be run at any time in most browsers; the feature is usually found in the preferences.

Feature Microsoft is testing in Edge introduces permanent import of selection data. Simply select Menu > Settings and select the "Import browser data option" under your profile.

Clicking "Import browser data on each startup" will display the configuration menu. Currently, only importing from Google Chrome is supported. Click "On" to enable this feature. Once open, you can select which items to import each time you launch the Edge browser, and the Edge profile you want the data to be assigned to.

Importing is enabled by default for all different data types, but some data types can be disabled during setup. The current Edge Canary implementation does not support importing bookmarks and extensions, but Microsoft promises to introduce this feature in a future update.

Currently, Edge users can import saved passwords, autofill settings, payment information, browsing history, and cookies. Some users can also import open tabs, but this feature is not available in all Edge Canary instances.

The developer version of Edge supports permanent imports, but lacks data type customization options at the time of writing.

Permanent import may help Edge users who use Chrome as the primary web browser on their systems, and occasionally Edge. Some Windows 10 and 11 features turn on Edge by default, and users may be more inclined to use Edge if available data is synced with Chrome data. The feature isn't turned on by default in Edge Canary, and it's unclear whether Microsoft plans to roll it out to Edge users in some way or introduce a policy that would allow administrators to enable permanent data import by default.

Chrome is the most popular desktop web browser, and it makes sense to choose it for importing. It seems unlikely that Microsoft will introduce support for permanent imports from other browsers.

Data import at each startup may affect the browser's loading time. It's too early to tell whether the delay will be noticeable once the feature hits the stable version.

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