Gemini in Chrome: Your agentic browsing assistant

Google for Developers
11,059 views February 6, 2026

Rick Osterloh, SVP of Platforms & Devices, and Parisa Tabriz, VP of Chrome, join host Logan Kilpatrick for a deep dive into the launch of Gemini in Chrome. They discuss the browser's evolution from a passive window to an active agentic assistant. Learn more about Auto Browse for automating web tasks, on-device creativity with Nano Banana, solving tab overload with History Recall, and the safety guardrails built with the User Alignment Critic. 0:00 - Introduction 2:49 - Evolution from web apps to integrated assistants 4:37 - Chrome as a platform for personal context 6:38 - Navigating the context overload problem 7:52 - Transforming media in-context with Nano Banana 9:10 - Solving tab overload with history recall 13:28 - The browser as an automated workflow system 15:50 - Demo: Nano Nanana 17:20 - Demo: Auto browse 22:48 - Demo: Agentic research and guardrails 26:04 - Designing for billions 29:14 - Transitioning to agentic web actuation 30:37 - Standards and security in an AI-driven web 35:18 - Infrastructure and investment strategy 39:23 - Empowering knowledge workers 42:11 - Collaboration within Google 44:18 - Safety and the user alignment critic 47:59 - Closing Listen to this podcast: Apple Podcasts → https://goo.gle/3Bm7QzQ Spotify → https://goo.gle/3ZL3ADl Watch more Release Notes → https://goo.gle/4njokfg Subscribe to Google for Developers → https://goo.gle/developers Speaker: Diego Rivas, Shlomi Fruchter, and Jack Parker-Holder Products Mentioned: Google AI, Gemini, Genie

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