In a major move to bolster its browser’s AI capabilities, Google announced Wednesday that Gemini-powered features are now rolling out in Chrome for users in India, Canada, and New Zealand. This expansion follows last year’s US launch and brings the latest Gemini 3.1 model’s productivity tools to millions of new users.
One of the standout aspects of this rollout is its deep localization. Chrome users in India can now interact with Gemini in their preferred language—English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, or Tamil—alongside dozens of other languages supported globally. This means a user in Mumbai can ask Gemini to summarize a long press release in Hindi, while someone in Toronto can get AI-powered writing assistance in French or English.
How Gemini Makes Chrome Smarter
Gemini in Chrome is more than just a chatbot. Users can launch it from the top-right corner of the browser, via keyboard shortcuts, or from system trays on Mac and Windows. Once activated, Gemini can summarize web pages, compose emails directly in the sidebar, and even remember up to 10 open tabs for context-rich prompts. Thanks to tight integration with Google services like Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, and Drive, it can pull in relevant information—think scheduling meetings, finding locations, or answering questions about videos—all without leaving the Chrome window.
The expansion also brings Gemini to Chrome for iOS in India, ensuring mobile users get these AI-powered tools on the go. However, Google is holding back some of its most advanced “agentic” features—like fully automated browsing and task completion, which were introduced for US-based AI Pro and Ultra users in January—from this initial rollout in India, Canada, and New Zealand.
AI as a Browser Battleground
This calculated expansion is seen as a direct response to the intensifying competition in browser AI, with Microsoft’s Copilot-powered Edge also vying for dominance. “We’re making AI assistance a standard expectation in Chrome, not a premium add-on,” said Charmaine D’Silva, Chrome’s Director of Product Management, in a company blog post.
With Gemini now accessible to millions more, Google is betting that AI-powered browsing—complete with smart writing assistance, contextual search, and personalized recommendations—will keep Chrome ahead in the global browser wars. For now, users in these new markets can look for the page tools icon in their address bar to start exploring Gemini’s capabilities.
