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Google first appeared on A New ‘Auto Browse’ feature for chrome Wednesday. The tool is powered by Google’s existing Gemini 3 software Generative artificial intelligence Model, is an AI agent designed to take control of your Chrome browser to help complete online tasks like booking flights, finding apartments, and saving expenses.
The auto-browsing release is part of Google’s ongoing integration of AI features into Chrome. last year, Google Drop “Gemini in Chrome” mode to answer questions about what’s on web pages and collect details from multiple open tabs.
Automatic browsing, which users can access by turning on twin Sidebar in Chrome, will only be available today in the US Subscribers From Google’s monthly AI Pro and AI Ultra plans. It’s not clear when auto-browsing will become available to non-paid users and additional countries.
Google’s rollout chimes with Silicon Valley’s vision for the future of web browsing, which involves a lot more AI and a lot less from you. Whether it’s a browser designed from the beginning around generative AI, e.g OpenAI AtlasOr it’s been updated with new AI-driven tools, like Google Chrome, where almost every option available to consumers now has some level of built-in AI. (the Vivaldi Browser It’s a notable exception for users who want to avoid AI-powered web browsing.)
In a pre-launch demo, Charmaine De Silva, Chrome’s director of product management, showed me an example of automated browsing that helps her shop online. “Instead of having to remember where I bought something and trying to reorder something, I can now authorize automatic browsing within Gemini so I can go ahead and buy myself jackets,” she said. By typing a message into Gemini’s sidebar in Chrome, D’Silva asked the bot to reorder a jacket she bought last year, and find a discount coupon code before making the purchase.
When you start, Auto-Browsing takes over Chrome and makes ghost clicks on its tab as it tries to complete the specified task. “Use Gemini with care and control if necessary,” reads the disclaimer in the beta. “You are responsible for Gemini’s actions during missions.” Even though you’re sending it out into the digital wilderness, Google still holds you responsible for what its bot does online while following up on your requests.
Right now, automation only goes so far. Tasks that Google considers more sensitive, such as publishing Social media And swiping your credit card, still requires a little user supervision. In these situations, Chrome’s bot will determine what steps it took to get this far and ask the user if they want to continue.
Anyone interested in experimenting with automated browsing should strongly consider the security implications of this type of automation. Despite Google’s efforts to make it safer to use, Autobrowsing and similar AI-based tools are still at risk of being scammed. Rapid injection attacks When visiting malicious websites, which trick the bot into behaving in ways the initial user did not intend.
I’ll be testing Automatic Browsing this week to get a sense of its initial strengths and weaknesses and what the tool actually means for regular Chrome users. Generally I’m skeptical Amnesty International agent Tools designed to make your life more efficient and get all your digital tasks done. Bots are always overrated, and I’ve found them to be not always reliable. However, Google insists on reorganizing the web browsing experience around artificial intelligence. Given Google’s track record of rolling out new features gradually, you should expect automatic browsing to roll out more widely in the near future.