Chrome on Android is getting a major AI upgrade with Gemini at its core, turning the browser into a more helpful assistant that can understand pages, handle tasks, and simplify how you use the web.
Google Chrome VP and GM Parisa Tabriz has responded to backlash over Chrome’s practice of silently downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano model onto user devices.
Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model to your device without consent. Here’s what it is, where it lives on your computer, and what you can do about it.
Chrome on Android now supports approximate location sharing, letting users limit how precisely websites can track them while still enabling essential features.
Google’s AI Mode upgrade for Chrome lets you browse websites and search at the same time, so you can ask follow-up questions without losing your place or opening yet another tab.
Microsoft today pushed software updates to fix a staggering 167 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software, including a SharePoint Server zero-day and a publicly disclosed weakness in Windows Defender dubbed “BlueHammer.” Separately, Google Chrome fixed its fourth zero-day of 2026, and an emergency update for Adobe Reader nixes an actively exploited flaw that can lead to remote code execution.
Google has launched Skills in Chrome, a new feature that lets you save Gemini prompts as reusable one-click tools and run them across multiple tabs without retyping anything
Google is adding vertical tabs and a more immersive reading mode to desktop Chrome, giving the browser two genuinely useful quality-of-life upgrades.
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As part of the rollout, Gemini will support languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, and Tamil.