Google Chrome introduces new Gemini AI browsing features
Google just gave Chrome a huge Gemini-powered upgrade that basically allows the AI assistant to complete tasks on the web for users.
What is auto browse? It’s a feature that brings an agentic experience directly to Chrome via Gemini. Google’s AI assistant Gemini will appear on a right-hand sidebar within Chrome, allowing users to chat and interact directly with websites within the web browser.
Using auto browse, Gemini can interact with any web page. Gemini can click, input text, and scroll through the page, all while carrying out the user-requested actions. All a user has to do is input in the Gemini sidebar what they would like the AI agent to carry out, and Gemini will reply, “Task started.”
One example provided by Google involves the AI agent being asked to shop for supplies on Etsy for a themed party. The user inputs which website they want Gemini to search, which party to look for, and how much of a budget they have to spend. Gemini goes to Etsy, searches for supplies, adds the relevant ones to the cart, and then informs the user that the checkout cart is ready for them to look over.
Gemini will even look up and add discount codes and, if given permission, will access Google Password Manager to log in to the user’s account on the website.
Gemini requires you to actually press the buy button when shopping, or the post button if tasked with sharing something to social media. At any time in the process, you can “Take over task.”
The feature is only available for Chrome on desktop and is currently only rolling out to paying Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.
