New AI features in Chrome: 10 updates that transform your browsing

Google has unveiled a series of significant innovations in Chrome, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the user browsing experience. This update, considered the largest in Chrome's history, aims not only to increase productivity and online security but also to make browsing more intuitive. Below are the ten new ways AI is transforming Chrome.

1. Enhance your browsing with Gemini in Chrome

Starting today, Google begins rolling out Gemini in Chrome 1 for Mac and Windows users in the United States who have set their language to English. This new tool allows users to request clarifications on complex information from any webpage they are viewing. It will also be available to businesses in the coming weeks through Google Workspace, with enterprise-level data protections and controls. Additionally, Gemini will be integrated into mobile devices in the U.S., ensuring constant access to AI features, whether at home or on the go. For Android users, Gemini can be activated by holding down the power button. Soon, Gemini will also be integrated into the iOS app.

2. Get ready for your browsing assistant

In a few months, Gemini in Chrome will introduce "agent" capabilities, enabling the tool to take on tedious tasks such as booking a haircut or doing weekly shopping. Users will only need to tell Gemini what they want to do, and the AI will act on webpages on their behalf, allowing them to focus on other activities. This functionality can be paused at any time, ensuring that the user maintains control.

3. Better understanding of tabs

Gemini in Chrome can work simultaneously across multiple tabs, allowing users to compare and summarize information from different websites quickly to find what they need. If planning a trip, such as booking flights, hotels, and activities, Gemini can help consolidate all that information into a single itinerary, simplifying planning.

4. Retrieve previously visited web pages

For those frustrating moments when you want to return to a previous project and don’t want to search through history, soon Gemini in Chrome will be able to remember those pages. When this feature is available, users will be able to ask questions like "What was the website where I saw the walnut desk last week?" or "What was that blog I read about back-to-school shopping?"

5. Work with your favorite Google apps without switching tabs

The integration between Gemini in Chrome and popular Google apps, such as Calendar, YouTube, and Maps, provides a smoother experience. Users will be able to schedule meetings, view location details, and much more without leaving the active page. For example, if looking for a specific moment in a YouTube video, you can simply ask Gemini in Chrome, and it will take you there immediately.

6. Search with AI mode directly from the omnibox

Chrome now allows quick access to Google Search's AI mode from the address bar, known as the omnibox. This search mode will enable users to ask longer, more complex questions, obtaining useful AI responses and the option to ask follow-up questions to delve deeper into the search. This update will begin rolling out later this month in English in the United States and will expand to other countries and languages in the following weeks.

7. Ask questions and learn more about your current page

The option to ask questions about the page being viewed will be available directly from the omnibox. Chrome will suggest relevant questions based on the context of the page, helping to initiate the search. Along with the page, users will receive a useful AI summary from the search, with the ability to ask additional questions in AI mode for valuable information without leaving the current page. Contextual suggestions will be available in English for users in the U.S. and will expand to more countries and languages in the following weeks.

8. Fight against more sophisticated scams with Gemini Nano

Google continues to expand the use of AI to help users navigate threats and inconveniences on the web. The Enhanced Safe Browsing Protection mode already uses Gemini Nano to identify technical support scams trying to trick users into downloading malicious software. Soon, this protection will extend to stop sites that use fake viruses or deceptive giveaways as well.

9. Say goodbye to misleading notifications and unwanted permissions

Chrome has begun detecting notifications that could be considered spam or scams, offering users the option to view or unsubscribe from them. Since the launch of this feature, approximately 3 billion unwanted daily notifications have been reduced for Chrome users on Android, thereby decreasing unnecessary distractions.

Additionally, Chrome uses AI to learn about user preferences when granting permissions, such as access to the camera or location. When it determines that a user is likely to decline certain permissions, it will present requests in a less intrusive manner.

10. Change compromised passwords in one step

Chrome already securely autofills login credentials and proactively alerts users if any of their passwords have been compromised. Very soon, it will use AI as a password agent to allow users to change their saved passwords with a single click on supported sites such as Coursera, Spotify, Duolingo, H&M, among others.

These updates reinforce Google's commitment to providing a safer and more productive browsing experience. With Gemini and other innovations in Chrome, the future of online browsing looks more intelligent and efficient than ever.

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