Google Chrome adds Gemini AI, AI Mode in address bar

Google announced a major set of artificial intelligence upgrades to its Chrome browser on Tuesday, introducing an integrated Gemini assistant, new AI capabilities in the address bar, enhanced safety tools and podcastlike audio summaries as part of a phased rollout across devices and languages. Company officials said the changes are intended to make browsing more proactive and context aware, helping users answer questions, navigate multiple tabs, extract references from video and resurface previously visited pages.

At the center of the update is Gemini AI, now accessible via a button on the Chrome tab bar and on some platforms as an omnibox AI Mode that can accept complex, multipart queries directly from the address bar. Google said Gemini will summarize pages, interpret content across tabs, and even find references inside YouTube video transcripts. Contextual omnibox suggestions are live in the United States, and AI Mode is slated to begin rolling out later this month. The company said initial availability will appear first on desktop for U.S. users with English language settings, with Android and iOS support to follow and language and regional expansion coming over time.