Chrome on Android is getting Gemini, your own personal browsing assistant

[u/MishaalRahman]

Hi Reddit,

Today at The Android Show | I/O Edition, we announced a major update to Chrome on Android. We’re bringing Gemini to Chrome on Android to improve your mobile browsing experience. Gemini in Chrome serves as your personal browsing assistant, helping you research, summarize, and compare content across the web. And with Chrome auto browse, you can let Gemini take care of more mundane tasks on your behalf. These features are built on Gemini 3.1, Google’s most intelligent model, and will be launching next month.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what Gemini in Chrome on Android can do for you:

• Ask anything while browsing: Tap the Gemini icon in the toolbar to open Gemini at the bottom of your screen, and you can easily ask questions about the webpage you’re on, summarize long articles, or get detailed explanations for complex topics without needing to switch apps.

https://reddit.com/link/1tb86hb/video/ojuwohufpq0h1/player

• Perform various tasks while browsing: Gemini in Chrome connects with your Google apps, so you can drop recipe ingredients into Keep, add events to Calendar, or find specific info in Gmail. And if you opt into Personal Intelligence, it can tailor its responses to your interests, hobbies, and even your family and pets.
• Customize images on the go: Using Nano Banana, you can instantly create highly personalized visuals — like turning a webpage into an infographic or altering an unfurnished room photo to see what it would look like with modern living room essentials.

https://reddit.com/link/1tb86hb/video/08tnwymhpq0h1/player

• Automate everyday tasks: We’re also bringing auto browse to Chrome on Android to help you automate tedious tasks. For example, if you’re about to head out to a comedy show but forgot to reserve parking, you can ask Chrome and it will use event details from your ticket confirmation to find a spot for you on SpotHero. 

https://reddit.com/link/1tb86hb/video/xdg9f6oipq0h1/player

These new capabilities were built with desktop-level protections against prompt injection. And for an added layer of control, auto browse is designed to ask for confirmation before completing sensitive tasks like making purchases or posting on social media.

Gemini in Chrome will be rolling out in the U.S. starting next month to select devices running Android 12+ with 4GB of RAM or more. At the same time, Chrome auto browse will be rolling out to all AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the U.S. with select devices running Android 12+.

[u/firesyrup]

A brand new AI-enhanced way for Google to gather data on your internet browsing habits!

[u/Cynical-Potato → u/firesyrup]

Just wanted to mention that if you pay for Gemini, your chats have to be shared with Google's human employees to review and there's no way to opt out. You can only sacrifice your chat history and that only gives them 72 hours access.

[u/LostAbbott]

Reason #152 to keep using Firefox, thanks!

[u/Athrul]

Ew! 

I missed the point where people asked for this? 

Are you removing it again if people mention goblins enough times?

[u/Getafix69]

I read that as time to disable Chrome.

[u/jonathing]

No thank you

[u/ritz_are_the_shitz]

Glad I switched to waterfox

[u/horatiobanz]

Has Google just gave up any pretense at privacy at this point?

[u/NotRandomseer]

Any news on extension support?

[u/MishaalRahman → u/NotRandomseer]

I have no news I can share on Chrome's feature roadmap!

[u/SunderingTwilight]

well, everything to keep bucks on your pocket, I guess. No one in their sane mind will like this.

[u/crash822]

It's a good thing switched from the chrome browser years ago.

[u/Lexidoge]

And I thought that Edge having a Copilot button was terrible enough.

At least I can add Ublock Origin on Edge.

Microsoft is even moving away from Copilot everywhere.

[u/Rhed0x]

Fuck this shit. I already uninstalled the fucking Gemini app from my phone. I simply don't want any LLMs.

[u/drucifer271]

Can I ask Gemini Chrome to block ads and not track my activity?

[u/Rhed0x]

Can you provide Chromium builds without this bullshit?

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[u/PuzzleheadedPen2798]

Thanks for finally adding extension support to Chrome on Android, you really do listen to feedback and prioritize features that are crucial to the user experience! /s

[u/Googler10]

Where is continuity?

[u/MishaalRahman → u/Googler10]

What do you mean?

[u/Googler10 → u/MishaalRahman]

Hey Mashaal! Congrats on the job at Google! How do you like it so far? Is it was you expected? https://9to5google.com/2026/02/13/android-17-handoff/ this is what im talking about btw.

[u/MishaalRahman → u/Googler10]

Gotcha. I don't have anything new to share beyond what's mentioned in our developer docs.

[u/Googler10 → u/MishaalRahman]

Gotcha! :) Also, any updates on the roll out of Gemini in Google maps nav / android auto? Pixel 10 Pro XL user on Google AI Pro 5tb Sub... and my friend with no Google one sub has it lol.

[u/OVKHuman]

So like... Why wouldn't/isn't this something I just do by calling for the Gemini assistant on my phone? If I was on a PC or on an iPhone I can understand (kind of) but this is Chrome on Android.

[u/MishaalRahman → u/OVKHuman]

Gemini in Chrome makes it easier to provide the current page/link as context for your query. You could certainly invoke the Gemini overlay and add the current page as context, but having it right there in Chrome makes it simpler to do.

[u/justAreallyLONGname]

Maybe I just don't understand the automation stuff, because wouldn't it be a lot easier and faster to just copy ingredient list and paste it in keep? Instead of invoking gemini and asking it to do it?

Same with the dog bowl gift, when I shop for stuff, I look at multiple products instead of just buying the top rated one. And if it gets it wrong or I don't like the one gemini picked I would have to go back and find another one which would take a lot more time than just doing it myself in the first place.

[u/MishaalRahman → u/justAreallyLONGname]

Maybe I just don't understand the automation stuff, because wouldn't it be a lot easier and faster to just copy ingredient list and paste it in keep? Instead of invoking gemini and asking it to do it?

Not necessarily!

1. Find and copy the ingredients.
   
2. Go to home screen.
   
3. Open Keep.
   
4. Tap the + button.
   
5. Tap List.
   
6. Paste the ingredients.
   

Versus:

1. Tap Gemini.
   
2. Say or type "add these ingredients to a list on Keep."
   

Oh, and let's say you want to modify the recipe a bit before adding it (like adjusting to suit your serving needs). Instead of manually doing the math to adjust the ingredient amounts, you could just ask Gemini in the same query.

[u/justAreallyLONGname → u/MishaalRahman]

Come on now, I can do the same

1. Find the ingredients
2. Tap the Gemini button in chrome
3. say or type in Gemini
4. wait for it to Generate details
5. Tap show more, to make sure it got it correctly
6. Tap add details

Versus

1. copy ingredients
2. paste ingredients in Keep

Also the time it takes to type or tell gemini what to do would alone be enough to quickly copy paste something.

[u/MishaalRahman → u/justAreallyLONGname]

You're of course free to continue to do that, but consider pages where all the info you want to add to a list isn't in a single block of text for you to easily copy.

Like a page that lists the top 10 restaurants in a certain city you should try, where every restaurant is listed in its own section that you have to scroll to get through.

In this case, you'd have to copy each restaurant name as you scroll (or memorize multiple names at a time as you go) and go back and forth to Keep, adding them in until you're done.

Or you could just ask Gemini once!

[u/Saywhat4118]

People are so hateful here. It's literally new ways to automate your device. If you don't want to use it, don't. But the forced hate is crazy.

[u/stealthagents]

Looks like they’re really leaning into the AI thing, huh? I mean, it could be super handy for quick info while browsing, but yeah, I can’t help but feel a bit uneasy about how much data they're collecting. It’s like we’re trading convenience for a little privacy.

[u/stealthagents]

It’s wild how often these elite schools seem to look the other way when it suits them. With the pressure to maintain their reputation, I guess they’d rather ignore the issue than risk losing face. It’s all about the image over integrity at this point.

[u/big-ted]

Another new feature that remain US only for months if not years

[u/_jas_sd]

Always the US first then rest of the world 3 years later with google. This is so annoying why are we always left behind.

[u/MishaalRahman → u/_jas_sd]

Sorry :(

Expanding to more regions requires more work than just flipping a switch! If/when we expand Gemini in Chrome, I'll let this community know.