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With Gemini in Chrome, you can get AI assistance in your browser to easily get key takeaways, clarify concepts, find answers and more. To provide the most relevant responses, Gemini in Chrome uses content from your current browser tab. On a computer, you can also share up to 10 open tabs with Gemini.

What you need

Important: Gemini in Chrome is not available to all users at this time. We’re gradually releasing Gemini in Chrome, so it might not be available to you just yet.

Chat with Gemini in Chrome

On your computer, open Chrome.
At the top of your browser, click Ask Gemini .
- You’ll need to opt in the first time you use Gemini in Chrome. To opt in, follow the onscreen instructions.
In the text box, enter your question or request.
- By default, Gemini in Chrome uses content from your current tab for its response. Learn how Gemini in Chrome works with your data.
  * Tabs opened from a chat or a shared tab are also shared with Gemini.
  * In Gemini Live, the current tab is shared by default, but you can share other tabs. Learn how to manage tabs in Gemini Live.
- To add an open tab directly in your prompt, enter @ and select the tab. You can also share up to 10 of your open tabs. Learn how to manage tabs shared with Gemini.

Tip: After you opt in to Gemini in Chrome , it’s added to your Mac menu bar or Windows system tray, and you can use keyboard shortcuts.

What you can do with Gemini in Chrome

After you opt in to Gemini in Chrome in the side panel, you can chat directly with Gemini. For example, try asking Gemini in Chrome to:

Summarize key takeaways from an article
Explain a complex topic in a different way
Help you test your knowledge of a new subject you’re learning
Modify a recipe to meet dietary needs
Compare or consolidate information across pages
Make recommendations based on your preferences
Complete multi-step actions on your behalf
Draft messages to send to others using Gmail
Look up your past photos and albums

Manage your chat with Gemini in Chrome

In Gemini in Chrome, you can:

Go Live & talk while you browse: at the bottom, click Go Live . Learn more about going Live with Gemini in Chrome.
Share or stop sharing a tab: in the text box, click Update tabs and select the tab you want to add or remove. A shared tab shows a Check mark .
Pop-out or dock Gemini in Chrome: at the top, click Pop-out chat or Dock to original tab .
Start a new chat: at the top, click Start new chat . If it’s not there, first click More options .
- When you start a new chat, your current tab is shared with Gemini by default. To change this, you can turn off Share current tab by default in your Chrome settings. Learn how to turn it off in Chrome settings.
Switch between Gemini models: in the text box, click the model name , then select the model.
Find your recent Gemini chats: at the top, click More options .

Manage tabs shared with Gemini in Chrome

When you open Gemini in Chrome, the page content from your current tab is shared by default. Gemini uses that page content to respond. You can stop sharing your current tab at any time. Learn how Gemini in Chrome works with your data.

Stop sharing a tab

Tip: If you start a new chat, your current tab is shared with Gemini by default. To change this, you can turn off Share current tab by default in your Chrome settings. Learn how to turn it off in Chrome settings.

Tip: You can also search for and add open tabs by entering @ and selecting the tab.

Gemini may directly access your Workspace account to respond to you about a Workspace webpage (like docs.google.com) that you shared in Chrome. This makes sure that Gemini can, for example, refer to an entire Google Doc you’ve asked about instead of only what’s available within the tab. To use more of your personal content from Workspace, connect the Workspace app. Learn how to connect Google Workspace apps & services to Gemini Apps.

Manage Gemini in Chrome settings

Hide or show Gemini icon on browser & desktop

Tip: You can also right-click the top of your browser and click Unpin Gemini or Pin Gemini.

Manage permissions for Gemini in Chrome

Tip: If Precise location is on , Gemini in Chrome can access and use your precise location. If it’s off , Gemini in Chrome cannot access and use your precise location, and will only be able to derive an estimated location from your IP address.

Fix or report a problem & give feedback

If you can’t find or use Gemini in Chrome

Important: Gemini in Chrome is rolling out to users over time, so it may not be available in your country or territory yet.

If Gemini in Chrome is available in your country or territory, try these steps:

Sign in to Chrome as an eligible user.
- This feature isn’t available in Incognito mode or for Chrome profiles that are not signed-in. Learn how to sign in to Chrome.
- To access Gemini in Chrome, you must be 18 or older. If you meet the minimum age requirement, you can verify your age. Learn more about age verification.
Make sure you are in a supported country
- Gemini in Chrome is available in select regions. If you are in a supported region but still can not use Gemini in Chrome, try the following steps:
  * Restart your browser and try again. If you recently traveled outside of these countries, your location may not have updated from your previous location.
  * Turn off your VPN. To do so, you often need to open the VPN app and select "Disconnect" or toggle a switch to "Off".
- If the issue remains after you try all of the above, update to the next version of Chrome when it is available and check if the problem is fixed.
Ensure that Chrome browser is set up correctly:
- Make sure you are using a Windows, Mac, Chromebook device which is set to a supported language.
- Update your Chrome browser to the latest version. Learn how to update Chrome.
- (Advanced) Try resetting your Chrome flags. Then, restart your browser.
Other things to try
If you still are having trouble accessing Gemini in Chrome, try the following steps:
- Right-click the Gemini in Chrome side panel or floating chat box and select Reload.
- Shut down virtualized environments: If you are accessing Chrome through a virtual machine, certain features may be restricted.
- Check in with your system administrator: Make sure that use of Gemini in Chrome isn't disabled by your organization.

Report a problem or send feedback about Gemini in Chrome

Report or give feedback on Gemini’s response

Your feedback helps make Gemini Apps more helpful, accurate, and safe.

To give feedback on a response:

Below Gemini’s response, click Good response or Bad response .
Optionally, you can select a reason.
- For example, If you get a response that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can select Not factually correct or Offensive / Unsafe, respectively.

To report a legal issue, under Gemini’s response, click Report legal issue .

Learn more about how Google uses your feedback.

Check that your device is set to a supported language

Gemini in Chrome is not available in all languages. Make sure your device is set to one of the following:

Afrikaans
Amharic
Basque
Bengali
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Filipino
Finnish
French
Galician
German
Greek
Gujarati
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Kannada
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Malay
Malayalam
Marathi
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Zulu (Chrome OS only)

Check that your device is set to a supported region

Gemini in Chrome is available in the following locales:

Algeria	American Samoa	Angola
Antarctica	Antigua and Barbuda	Argentina
Armenia	Australia	Azerbaijan
Bahrain	Bangladesh	Barbados
Belize	Benin	Bhutan
Bolivia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Botswana
Brazil	Brunei	Burkina Faso
Burundi	Cabo Verde	Cambodia
Cameroon	Canada	Central African Republic
Chad	Chile	Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Colombia	Comoros
Cook Islands	Costa Rica	Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Djibouti	Dominica
Dominican Republic	Ecuador	Egypt
El Salvador	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea
Eswatini	Ethiopia	Fiji
French Polynesia	Gabon	Georgia
Ghana	Grenada	Guam
Guatemala	Guinea	Guinea-Bissau
Guyana	Haiti	Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Honduras	Hong Kong	India
Indonesia	Iraq	Israel
Jamaica	Japan	Jordan
Kazakhstan	Kenya	Kiribati
Kosovo	Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan
Laos	Lebanon	Lesotho
Liberia	Libya	Macau
Madagascar	Malawi	Malaysia
Maldives	Mali	Marshall Islands
Mauritania	Mauritius	Mexico
Micronesia	Moldova	Mongolia
Montenegro	Morocco	Mozambique
Myanmar	Namibia	Nauru
Nepal	New Caledonia	New Zealand
Nicaragua	Niger	Nigeria
Niue	Norfolk Island	North Macedonia
Northern Mariana Islands	Oman	Pakistan
Palau	Palestine	Panama
Papua New Guinea	Paraguay	Peru
Philippines	Pitcairn Islands	Puerto Rico
Qatar	Republic of the Congo	Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Lucia	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa	São Tomé and Príncipe	Saudi Arabia
Senegal	Serbia	Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Singapore	Solomon Islands
Somalia	South Africa	South Korea
South Sudan	Sri Lanka	Sudan
Suriname	Taiwan	Tajikistan
Tanzania	Thailand	The Bahamas
The Gambia	Timor-Leste	Togo
Tokelau	Tonga	Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	Turkmenistan	Tuvalu
U.S. Virgin Islands	Uganda	Ukraine
United Arab Emirates	United States	United States Minor Outlying Islands
Uruguay	Uzbekistan	Vanuatu
Venezuela	Vietnam	Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara	Yemen	Zambia
Zimbabwe

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