At Google I/O, the company announced that it is integrating its AI assistant Gemini into the Chrome browser. This innovation will allow users to quickly get explanations or concise summaries of complex information on web pages. In the future, Gemini will be able to work with multiple tabs at the same time and even navigate sites independently.
After the update, a corresponding icon will appear in the upper right corner of Chrome. Clicking on it will open a Gemini chat window, which can be moved and resized. It will allow users to ask questions about the current page.
During the demo, Chrome team member Charmaine D'Silva showed how it works on a camping gear site. She clicked on a Gemini prompt, and it quickly generated a list of key features of a sleeping bag. She then asked if it was suitable for camping in Maine, and Gemini used both data from the site and open sources to generate an answer.
She then went to another site with a similar product and asked to compare two sleeping bags. Gemini created a comparison chart with the main differences.
In the first phase, users will be able to maintain a dialogue with the AI by switching between tabs. Later, Gemini will be able to work with multiple tabs at the same time.
The company also demonstrated a future navigation feature: the user asked the AI to scroll through a cooking site to the ingredients and convert sugar from cups to grams — Gemini coped with both tasks.
The new feature has already been launched in a test mode for users aged 18 and over who use the English language on Windows and macOS. As noted by the vice president and general manager of Chrome at Google, the innovation is only available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, as well as users of beta, canary and dev versions of the browser.
Recall that at I/O 2025, Google also introduced a premium AI Ultra subscription plan for $250 per month, an AI tool for creating interfaces, and a new feature for Google Meet.