š° AI News: Chromeās New Auto Browse Turns Gemini Into Your Web Co-Pilot
š TL;DR Google just gave Chrome a new Gemini feature called Auto Browse that can click around the web for you, compare options, fill forms, and move data between sites while you stay in the tab you care about. This is your browser quietly turning into an AI agent that does chores online instead of you. š§ Overview Gemini is no longer just a sidebar that summarizes pages, it can now actually use the web. Auto Browse lives inside Chrome and lets Gemini 3 handle multi step tasks like planning trips, shopping within a budget, renewing things, or digging through your accounts to find what you need. For now it is rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra users in the US, but this is clearly Googleās opening move toward an āagentic browserā where your main job is to say what you want, not click a hundred buttons to get there. š The Announcement Google announced a new Gemini in Chrome experience that includes a persistent side panel and a feature called Auto Browse. You open the Gemini panel, describe what you want, and Chrome spins up one or more tabs that Gemini controls on screen. In Googleās demos, Auto Browse handled tasks like reordering a jacket from a past order, hunting for discount codes, booking tours for a trip, and keeping the cart under a set budget. It connects across Google products like Gmail, Calendar, Shopping, Flights and Maps so it can find details in your email, check your schedule, and then act on the right sites, all from inside Chrome. āļø How It Works ⢠Always on Gemini side panel - Chrome now has a Gemini panel you can pin so the assistant sits beside any page while you browse, ready to summarize, compare, or start Auto Browse for a task. ⢠Auto Browse agents - When you ask for a multi step task, Gemini opens a tab, clicks links, fills forms, and navigates sites on your behalf while you watch its actions in real time. ⢠Connected Google apps - Auto Browse can pull info from Gmail, Calendar, Maps, Shopping, and Flights, so it can find past orders, check dates, or look up saved trips without you copy pasting.