Omnibox to Chat with Gemini is now available in Chrome’s stable version

Chrome’s address bar evolves, bringing AI at your fingertips in just one click

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Updated onApril 9, 2024

updated onApril 9, 2024

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Google Chrome, one of the most popular web browsers, constantly evolves to improve user experience and productivity. After introducingBard AIand turning it into Gemini, Google is now taking another big step, integrating the@gemini shortcutinto ChromeOmniboxtoChat with Gemini.

This significantly impacts how people interact with Gemini, making it easier to send questions straight to the chat box without opening a tab and navigating to the Gemini website. The new shortcut for Gemini with the nameChat with Geminiin Omnibox is now working in the Stable version also withExpansion pack for the Site search starter packenabled..

Gemini,Google’s next-generation AI model, is doing well after the late launch, even though Copilot was a headliner in the last few months. Like Copilot, Gemini AI can generate summaries, answer your questions, create images, and more.

IfMicrosoft integrated Copilot into the Edge browseron the Sidebar, Google widens the reach and usage of Gemini through its huge Chrome user base. The company is now making it possible to access the Gemini chat box directly from Chrome Omnibox without navigating to its website in a separate tab; a simple keyword will trigger the chat interface.

Chrome already comes with shortcuts to search through your data in the browser, such as tabs, bookmarks, and history. These shortcuts save a lot of time, but the new shortcut for Gemini might completely change how you interact with your browser.

How to enable & use the Chat with Gemini shortcut in Chrome’s Omnibox

While this shortcut is a great start, we expect to see more Gemini integrations in the next months. If Google follows the same path as Microsoft did with Copilot, Gemini will slowly but surely find its way into more features and products and have a real impact when it comes to usability and reachability.

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How to enable & use the Chat with Gemini shortcut in Chrome’s Omnibox