2025 is the year in which a host of AI browsers from companies like OpenAI, Confusion, Operaand The Browser Company was launched with the intention of replacing Chrome with features such as sidebar helpers and automated tasks. Now, Google is flexing its own AI muscles by adding similar features to Chrome, the world largest browser by market share.

While Google has Gemini was introduced to Chrome in Septemberthe assistant lives in a floating window. With this update, the company will put its AI assistant in a persistent sidebar, so you can ask questions about the current website or other open tabs.

An interesting feature that Google is demoing ahead of today’s launch involves multiple tabs. When you open different tabs from a webpage, the Gemini sidebar understands them as a contextual group. This is helpful when you are comparing prices or different products you are thinking of buying.

Before now, the Gemini on Chrome feature was only available to Windows and MacOS users. With this rollout, the sidebar will also be available to Chromebook Plus users.

Google is also taking advantage of this newly launched personal intelligence featurewhich connects to your Gmail, Search, YouTube, and Google Photos accounts, allowing you to query based on your own data. This feature is coming to Chrome in the coming months, meaning you can ask Gemini in the sidebar about things like your family’s schedule, or ask it to draft an email and send it without switching to Gmail.

There is a new Nano Banana integration coming to Chrome, too, which allows you to change an existing image with another image or product that you see while browsing.

However, the most ambitious feature is called auto-browse, which aims to manage tasks for you by using your personal information and traversing websites for you. For example, you can ask the agent to go to a particular website and buy something for you, and find a discount coupon. The agent will ask for your intervention when performing data-sensitive tasks, such as logging into a website or making a final purchase.

Last year, the company explained that these features could use Chrome’s password manager or saved card details, but said its AI models would not be exposed to any details.

This feature is rolling out first to AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US

Browser-based agents are slow and often fail to complete tasks. Google’s demo, like tons of other AI demos, involves shopping and travel planning. In real-world use cases, agents often do not get the intention or break when traversing different sites, and that can be a challenge for wider adoption.

The company said that in its early testing, users used the feature for tasks such as scheduling appointments, filling out tedious online forms, collecting their tax documents, getting quotes for plumbers and electricians, and filing expense reports.

The company says Gemini sidebar support and Nano Banana integration are coming starting today, while the personal intelligence feature will be available in the “coming months.”