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Google's Gemini expands in Chrome with auto-browse and cross-app tasks

Google's Gemini expands in Chrome with auto-browse and cross-app tasks
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January 28, 2026

Google is rolling out an “auto browse” feature in Chrome powered by Gemini, available to US users on Gemini Pro and Ultra. The new capability lets Gemini handle multi-step tasks on a user’s behalf, such as researching hotel and flight costs, booking appointments, filling out online forms, and managing subscriptions. This marks another step in Gemini’s growth within Chrome, where the AI has already evolved from a question-and-answer assistant that summarizes on-page content to a tool that can compare products across tabs and even pull pages from your browsing history.

Auto browse enables Gemini to go beyond simple queries by analyzing the content you’re viewing. For example, it can identify decor in a photo, locate similar items online, add them to a cart, and apply discount codes—all while staying within your budget. If a task requires logging into an account, Gemini can use Chrome’s password manager to sign you in.

In addition to the new capability, Google has relocated Gemini’s interface in Chrome from a pop-up to a right-side panel. The panel now integrates with Gmail, Calendar, Maps, Google Shopping, and Google Flights, allowing Gemini to reference data from across these apps and perform actions within them. Google offers a scenario: if you’re traveling to a conference, Gemini can locate an old event email, consult Google Flights for options, and later draft an email to colleagues with your arrival time.

The panel also includes Nano Banana, Google’s AI image generator, which lets you edit images inside the window using a text prompt. This feature will be available to all Gemini in Chrome users.

Google indicates there’s more to come as it competes with other AI browsers that offer agent-like capabilities, such as Atlas and Comet. A feature called Personal intelligence—opt-in and initially launched in the Gemini app—gives Gemini the ability to reference past conversations and analyze data linked to your Gmail, Calendar, Photos, and search history. Google says it plans to bring Personal intelligence to Chrome in the coming months.

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