Chrome is adding Gemini-powered tools to desktop and iOS, the company said in an announcement, with the rollout starting today in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam.
The update embeds Gemini into Chrome’s side panel so users can chat with a personalised browsing assistant to summarise long pages, compare information across tabs and complete tasks without leaving the current page.
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The company said the integration links Gemini with Google apps to schedule meetings in Calendar, check locations in Maps, draft and send mail in Gmail and answer questions about YouTube videos, while new Nano Banana 2 capabilities let users transform images on the web using a text prompt; Personal Intelligence remembers context from past conversations to tailor responses.
"Our models are trained to recognize known threats, like prompt injection, and include safeguards to ask for confirmation before completing sensitive actions," the company said in an announcement. The company also noted one availability exception: "Gemini in Chrome is not available on iOS in Japan."
The recap
- Chrome expands Gemini features to desktop and iOS users.
- Available in 7 Asia-Pacific markets including Australia and Japan.
- Rollout begins starting today for desktop and iOS users.
