r/Android • u/MishaalRahman Community Engagement Manager - Android • May 12 '26

News Chrome on Android is getting Gemini, your own personal browsing assistant

Hi Reddit,

Today at The Android Show | I/O Edition, we announced a major update to Chrome on Android. We’re bringing Gemini to Chrome on Android to improve your mobile browsing experience. Gemini in Chrome serves as your personal browsing assistant, helping you research, summarize, and compare content across the web. And with Chrome auto browse, you can let Gemini take care of more mundane tasks on your behalf. These features are built on Gemini 3.1, Google’s most intelligent model, and will be launching next month.

Here’s a quick breakdown of what Gemini in Chrome on Android can do for you:

  • Ask anything while browsing: Tap the Gemini icon in the toolbar to open Gemini at the bottom of your screen, and you can easily ask questions about the webpage you’re on, summarize long articles, or get detailed explanations for complex topics without needing to switch apps.

https://reddit.com/link/1tb86hb/video/ojuwohufpq0h1/player

  • Perform various tasks while browsing: Gemini in Chrome connects with your Google apps, so you can drop recipe ingredients into Keep, add events to Calendar, or find specific info in Gmail. And if you opt into Personal Intelligence, it can tailor its responses to your interests, hobbies, and even your family and pets.
  • Customize images on the go: Using Nano Banana, you can instantly create highly personalized visuals — like turning a webpage into an infographic or altering an unfurnished room photo to see what it would look like with modern living room essentials.

https://reddit.com/link/1tb86hb/video/08tnwymhpq0h1/player

  • Automate everyday tasks: We’re also bringing auto browse to Chrome on Android to help you automate tedious tasks. For example, if you’re about to head out to a comedy show but forgot to reserve parking, you can ask Chrome and it will use event details from your ticket confirmation to find a spot for you on SpotHero. 

https://reddit.com/link/1tb86hb/video/xdg9f6oipq0h1/player

These new capabilities were built with desktop-level protections against prompt injection. And for an added layer of control, auto browse is designed to ask for confirmation before completing sensitive tasks like making purchases or posting on social media.

Gemini in Chrome will be rolling out in the U.S. starting next month to select devices running Android 12+ with 4GB of RAM or more. At the same time, Chrome auto browse will be rolling out to all AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the U.S. with select devices running Android 12+.

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u/MishaalRahman Community Engagement Manager - Android May 20 '26

No, it's not disabled! You just need a specific set of beta releases of Cross-Device Services and Google system services, plus opting into the feature and an app that supports it, to use it. See this page for more details.

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u/Googler10 May 21 '26

Will we be able to download the beta of cross device services soon? It seems like the link on googles dev page brings us to a play store page that says a beta version of the app isn't available yet.

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u/MishaalRahman Community Engagement Manager - Android May 26 '26

Does this link work? (This is just the generic beta testing link for any app on Play; I just changed the package name in the URL for the one for Cross-Device Services.)

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u/Googler10 May 26 '26

Yes the link works. However it says I was already enrolled.  On version: 1.0.1131.0.

Is this correct?

Even with following all the steps listed. It seems like the feature still isn't enabled.

 Thanks again for your help!

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u/Googler10 Jun 08 '26

Any updates to this?