Microsoft has never given up on bringing its browser as close to the maximum number of users as possible and in my opinion, the company has taken one of the most intelligent and successful steps the company has taken in this regard by jumping from Microsoft Edge to Chromium. Suppose using your own engine, whether Trident or EdgeHTML, was a mistake, and the bet on the standard of competition in features and services served to reverse the bad image that both Internet Explorer and the original Edge have for years.

And they have been in them since the change was completed. adding great features and is trying to steal part of the market share of the almighty Google Chrome, which has remained intact in this regard for years. Of course, this is not exclusive to Microsoft Edge, all browsers point in the same direction, but Microsoft has the advantage that theirs is part of Windows, and that makes it a little easier for them.

And because the goal is to shoot down Google Chrome, What could be better than making it easier for Google users to switch to Microsoft Edge? We have seen the first step in this direction with the arrival of the first versions of Microsoft Edge based on Chromia, which allowed us to import not only classic elements (bookmarks and more), but also extensions and other elements of the Google browser.

And now, as we can read in Windows Latest, Microsoft Edge has taken another step in that direction, by adding the ability to constantly extract data from Google Chrome. Therefore, each time you start Microsoft, it checks the last known state of Chrome to replicate it. For example, if you have seven websites open in Chrome, when you open Microsoft Edge, they’ll be able to see them and offer to continue exactly where you left off – but of course with Edge. In addition, it will also check and detect new bookmarks and other similar items so that it can import them.

This new feature is of course optional, users will be able to turn it on and off at will, and I think it’s a very smart move because it makes the process easier for people who have been trying to try Microsoft Edge for some time. This way, they will be able to switch between the two browsers and restore what they did in the browser. A new step in Microsoft’s strategy regarding its browser, which shows that the change in strategy has not been in vain and points to a promising future.