Chrome gets its biggest upgrade in years — the new Gemini side panel puts AI agents, multitasking, and Nano Banana inside the browser

• The latest Google Chrome upgrade in the US adds a new a Side Panel that opens when you click the Gemini button
• Nano Banana can now edit images directly inside Chrome browser tabs
• A new agentic Auto Browse feature can handle multi-step web tasks in the background

Google is transforming Chrome into an AI-first browser for US users. With a new Gemini side panel, built-in AI agents, and Nano Banana image editing, the latest update lets Chrome understand what you’re doing across multiple tabs, and even complete tasks for you in the background, marking the biggest shift in years in how the browser works.

Thanks to the recently announced Personal Intelligence feature, Gemini knows more about you than ever before, allowing it to be more helpful and contextually aware inside Chrome, too.

Alongside this, a new Auto Browse feature can take care of multi-step tasks, like ...