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Google Adds Gemini AI to Chrome
Google's Gemini AI in Chrome offers AI-assisted browsing, scam detection, password resets, and app integrations to improve security and automate tasks for U.S. desktop users.
- Google announced Thursday that it is bringing Gemini in Chrome to all Mac and Windows desktop users in the U.S., removing the prior AI Pro and Ultra subscription requirement.
- Google frames the change as a shift from passive browsing to a proactive, intelligent experience, calling it Chrome's biggest upgrade with Gemini and other AI features.
- Google is unveiling agentic and address-bar features, with AI Mode rolling out later this month and agentic capabilities arriving in the coming months; Gemini Nano will enhance security with scam detection and one-click password changes on supported sites.
- The update is available now to desktop users in the U.S. with English set via a browser update, linking Gemini in Chrome to Google apps like Calendar, Maps, and YouTube for seamless scheduling and navigation.
- OpenAI Operator launched earlier this year and Microsoft and Opera have shown agentic browsing, but users concerned about AI training, environmental impact or feature fatigue may resist the trend.
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Chrome Switches on AI: The Future of Browsing Begins Now
It was only a matter of time before Google started turning its market-leading Chrome web browser into an “AI browser.” Today, Google began rolling out Gemini in Chrome, starting with Mac and Windows desktop users in the US. It comes with a bunch of new AI functionality — including AI Mode from the address/search bar, integrations with other Google apps (like Calendar, YouTube and Maps), and the ability to ask questions about the web page you’re …
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