Some of the major technology companies are investing heavily in their own artificial intelligence platforms, such as Google. Over the past few months, it has been working on its AI, Gemini, to become an integral part of some of its key programs and platforms.
As expected, this is a growing technology right now that will be part of one of the company’s main projects. Specifically, we’re referring to Google’s Chrome browser, which most of you use daily, whether on your PC or mobile. So, naturally, the company wants us to use its smart assistant in this app, one way or another.
But Google isn’t the only company making these kinds of changes to its software. Something similar is happening with Microsoft and its AI Copilot, which we’re increasingly finding in more of the software giant’s own projects, such as Office or Edge. But in these lines, we’re going to focus on the moves Google is making in this regard.
In fact, at this point, we can say that Google is introducing Gemini to Chrome, but its performance leaves much to be desired. We can say that right now it works like the first versions of Copilot on Windows 11, that is, poorly. And, as it could not be otherwise, Google is very interested in adding Gemini to Chrome natively. This is what we could call artificial intelligence, from the browser window. And not only that, as it is also working on a widget for the AI assistant.
This is how we use Google’s AI, Gemini, in Chrome
This addition is something we’ve already begun to glimpse in the web browser’s test version, known as Chrome Canary. Here, we can already see a new Gemini configuration control in Chrome, which will allow us to customize how we open the smart assistant.
When you activate the feature, the Gemini icon appears next to the icons for maximizing or minimizing windows in the program. Clicking it launches the AI assistant in a new floating window, although the window is expected to be either fixed or floating in the Chrome interface.
First, we’ll tell you that the aforementioned icon is present in the window, not in the menu bar or the Chrome toolbar, which most people don’t like. We can also configure the browser to have the Gemini icon appear in the system tray. However, in this case, it seems the AI will only appear if Chrome is active on the PC.
In short, Google’s artificial intelligence currently only works if we have Chrome open, so for the time being, it could be considered just another website. This is similar to what happened with the first version of Microsoft’s Copilot, which required Edge to work. Google will likely make significant changes in this regard and improve its AI integration into the browser.
