"Google is adding multiple new AI features to Chrome, the most popular browser in the world. The most visible change is a new button in Chrome that launches the Gemini chatbot, but there are also new tools for searching, researching, and answering questions with AI. Google has additional cursor-controlling "agentic" tools in the pipeline for Chrome as well."
"All of this activity was dwarfed by the commanding number of users who preferred Chrome. Two years later, while Google's browser remains the market leader, the internet overall is completely seeped in AI tools, many of them also made by Google. Still, today marks the moment when the concept of an "AI browser" truly went mainstream with the weaving of Gemini so closely into the Chrome browser."
Google is integrating Gemini generative AI into Chrome, adding a visible Gemini chatbot button and new tools for searching, researching, and answering questions with AI. Gemini in Chrome can answer questions about on-screen content and synthesize information across multiple open tabs. The features first rolled out to paying subscribers in May and are now available to all desktop users in the US browsing in English through a browser update. Android users already have some Gemini features in Chrome, with iOS support expected soon. Google plans further agentic cursor-controlling tools and emphasizes integration with services like Gmail and Google Docs. The rollout may upset users fatigued by rapid AI proliferation.
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