Google expands Gemini in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand with 50+ language support

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Google announced the expansion of Gemini in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand, adding support for over 50 languages including Hindi, French, and Spanish. The AI-powered assistant integrates with Gmail, YouTube, and Maps through a side panel, enabling users to summarize content, compare tabs, and edit images using Nano Banana 2 without leaving their browser.

Google Chrome AI assistant reaches new markets with multilingual capabilities

Google announced Wednesday that it is expanding Gemini in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand, marking a significant step in the global rollout of its AI-powered assistant for web browsing

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. The expansion to new regions brings support for new languages totaling over 50, including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, French, and Spanish

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. Built on Gemini 3.1, the AI assistant is available on Chrome for desktop, iOS, and Chromebook Plus devices, allowing millions of new users to access in-browser AI interaction without switching their browser language

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Source: Analytics Insight

Source: Analytics Insight

Charmaine D'Silva, Director of Product Management for Chrome at Google, emphasized India's role in the rollout: "We're thrilled for India to be one of the first markets to experience this transformation after the US, underscoring the country's enthusiasm and potential for driving the future of AI and emerging technologies across the globe"

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. Google first introduced Gemini in Chrome in the U.S. through a floating window last September, before introducing the Gemini side panel earlier this year

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How the Gemini side panel transforms browsing workflows

The Gemini AI integration appears as an "Ask Gemini" icon on the tab bar, opening a side panel on the right side of the browser that lets users interact with the AI assistant while staying on their current page

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. Users can ask questions about content on the screen, create quizzes to understand topics, or generate web content summaries without opening new tabs

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. The goal is to eliminate tab-hopping by providing contextual answers directly within the browsing experience

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Source: ET

Source: ET

One standout capability allows users to compare information across multiple tabs. When shopping for smartphones or comparing flight tickets, Gemini can pull data from every open tab and create comparison tables with pros, cons, prices, and reviews consolidated into one clean view

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. This cross-tab functionality addresses a common pain point for users researching products or planning trips across multiple websites.

App integrations bring personalized assistance to the browser

Gemini in Chrome connects directly to Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, YouTube, Google Shopping, Google Flights, and other Google apps for contextual answers

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. Users can compose and send emails using Gemini in the sidebar without leaving their current window, schedule meetings on Calendar while reading event pages, or pull location details from Maps when planning trips

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The YouTube integration enables users to ask Gemini to summarize videos and list main points alongside timestamp markers, streamlining content consumption

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. The assistant can also brief users about their day by accessing Calendar information, creating a centralized hub for managing daily workflows

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Source: TechCrunch

Source: TechCrunch

Nano Banana 2 brings image generation directly to Chrome

Users can now access Nano Banana 2, Google's image generation model, directly through the Gemini side panel in Chrome

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. What makes this particularly useful is that users don't need to manually upload images to leverage the tool's editing capabilities

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. For example, when shopping for furniture, users can upload a photo of their room and ask the assistant to transform the image to visualize how an item would look in the space

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. Users simply open a tab with an image and describe the changes they want to see

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Security measures and limitations in new markets

Google built these features with security layered in, training the models to recognize prompt injection attacks

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. The system asks for confirmation before taking sensitive actions like sending emails, and automated red-teaming runs constantly to identify vulnerabilities

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. Chrome's auto-updates push fixes quickly when threats emerge

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Notably, the expansion excludes Auto Browse capabilities that Google launched for U.S.-based AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in January

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. This agentic feature allows Gemini to take over the browser and complete tasks on behalf of users, but remains unavailable in India, New Zealand, and Canada for now

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. In India, Gemini in Chrome is available only to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers

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. Google also announced that Gemini support in Chrome for iOS is rolling out in India, appearing in the address bar through a page tools icon

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. The company plans to expand to more regions and languages throughout the year

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