Gemini in Chrome (for Mac and Windows) will no longer require an AI Pro or AI Ultra subscription, Google announced alongside several upgrades. Google believes Gemini in Chrome and other AI features are “fundamentally changing the nature of browsing,” transforming it “from a passive experience to a more active and intelligent one.”
It’s about building a browser that goes beyond rendering web pages, one that can understand pages, help boost productivity, and protect your online safety. Meanwhile, Senior Vice President of Platforms and Devices, Rick Osterloh, stated: “We are leveraging the world’s leading models to transform numerous products, and Chrome is an excellent platform to show our vision to billions of users. We are evolving the browser to help you get the most out of the web—things we couldn’t even imagine a few years ago. At the same time, we are maintaining the speed, simplicity, and security that many people love about Chrome.”
Following its initial announcement at I/O 2025 in May, Gemini is starting to roll out today to all Chrome users on Windows and Mac in the US (defaulting to English). Additionally, it will also be available to Google Workspace customers with enterprise-grade data protection and controls. Click the AI sparkle icon in the upper right corner to open a floating chat window. Gemini can view the current page and help answer questions about it. It can now also “quickly compare and summarize information” across multiple open tabs.
For example, if you’re planning flights, hotels, and travel activities across multiple tabs, Gemini in Chrome can integrate this information into an itinerary, helping you plan your trip easily and without hassle.Simultaneously, Gemini in Chrome is deeply integrated with Google Calendar, Tasks, Drive, Docs/Sheets/Slides, Maps, and YouTube. If a page (or email) contains multiple events with dates, you can ask Gemini to add them to your calendar, or directly input a prompt to add an event.
If you want to locate a specific segment in a YouTube video, just ask Gemini in Chrome, and it will instantly jump to the corresponding position. Gemini in Chrome will soon support finding previously visited pages. This allows you to use prompts like: “What was that webpage with the walnut table I saw last week?” or “Which blog post about back-to-school shopping did I read?”
As the latest news indicates, in the coming months, Gemini in Chrome will gain agentic capabilities. You can “tell Gemini the task you want to accomplish, and it will act on the web on your behalf.” For instance, booking a haircut or ordering groceries from a list of ingredients. Gemini will be able to click, scroll, and enter text on websites.
If you tell Gemini to “Buy these ingredients for me from the Sprouts store on Instacart.com,” it will do it. Gemini will always ask you to confirm the final steps, such as actually completing a purchase. You can watch the operation in progress or switch to other tabs. A halo indicator will show when Gemini is active, and you can take over control at any time.
On mobile, the Gemini overlay on Android will soon be able to access the entire webpage, not just the current screen. There’s also a new “Summarize” button, and Google is bringing Gemini to Chrome on iOS. Besides Gemini, Chrome will introduce an AI mode in the address bar this month for faster prompt input; contextual suggestions in the Omnibox (address bar) will “provide related questions based on the page to help you quickly start searches.” These features will open in the side panel.
Regarding security, Chrome is leveraging AI. If Enhanced Safe Browsing is enabled, the on-device Gemini Nano will soon “block websites that trick users with fake viruses or fake giveaways.” AI will also reduce annoying site permission requests. Finally, AI acts as a password agent, enabling “one-click changing of compromised passwords” on sites like Coursera, Spotify, Duolingo, H&M, etc. This feature is coming soon.
