Google Expands Gemini & Image AI Features to Chrome Users in Asia Pacific

It’s been a while since Google has integrated Gemini deep inside Chrome. Now, the company is expanding the rollout to users in the Asia-Pacific markets.

The announcement came yesterday from the Mountain View giant, which noted that Gemini in Chrome is now being rolled out to desktop and iOS users across regions like Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

With Gemini in Chrome, users can now interact with a built-in assistant that helps summarize long pages, compare information across multiple tabs, and answer questions in real time without switching apps.

The integration goes a step further by integrating AI into Google’s app ecosystem. For example, users can schedule meetings through Calendar, check locations via Maps, draft emails in Gmail, and even ask questions about YouTube videos directly from the same page. It essentially turns Chrome into a more unified workspace rather than just a browser.

Google is also adding new features alongside the expanded rollout. The company has confirmed new Nano Banana 2-related features that allow you to transform images on the web using a text prompt in the Gemini in Chrome side panel.

Next up, with Personal Intelligence, Gemini in Chrome can remember context from past conversations, so you get uniquely personalized answers to whatever you’re looking for across the web.

Google isn’t compromising on the safety part as well. In the short update, the company further noted that Gemini in Chrome includes built-in protections against threats like prompt injection and will ask for confirmation before performing sensitive actions.