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Google Chrome has added AI features to its arsenal, promising to make your browsing experience smoother, sleeker, and more unique.
But every browser has AI features, so what makes Chrome’s new AI features worth using?
How to Enable Google Chrome’s AI Features
For better or worse, AI is everywhere nowadays. With the spread of AI tools, the winning ace isn’t just having the best AI technology; it’s also about seamlessly integrating that technology into everyday apps. Google Chrome is making this a reality. With its latest updates, Chrome has received AI features that help simplify and enhance your online experience.
Chrome’s AI tools are still marked as experimental, meaning that they’re under active development and will evolve. Moreover, at the time of writing, the tool isn’t available to everyone. The availability doesn’t follow a clear logic. For instance, while I have the AI features on my laptop’s Google Chrome, I don’t have them on my computer, even though both are the same version and use the same Google profile.
To ensure you don’t miss out on the AI features, update your Google Chrome to the latest version. Once you’re on the latest version, here’s how you can enable Google Chrome’s AI features:
If you were expecting dazzling fireworks and a futuristic upgrade once you toggled the AI features on, you will be disappointed. The features are subtly worked into the menus, and you have to look for them to use them.
At the time of writing, Google Chrome’s AI features provide three functions: making themes, organizing tabs, and generating text. Let’s take a closer look.
How to Personalize Google Chrome with AI Themes
AlthoughGoogle Chrome’s community offers a wide range of themes for the browser, none can suit you better than the one you make yourself. Chrome’s AI makes it easy to create custom themes. All you need to do is input a prompt and choose a style.
Chrome will then provide you with a set of AI-generated themes based on your input. you’re able to try them out and then apply the one you like best. The Inspiration tab includes more AI-generated themes you can view to get inspiration from. Your recent themes will be saved so you can return to them later.
Many of us spend a significant amount of time using Google Chrome. It’s only natural that the browser’s theme and colors can somehow impact our mindset. I have two Chrome profiles—one for work and another for studying. I’ve customized the themes on each profile to match the respective tasks, helping me get into the right mindset for each task and reminding me not to mix work with study time.
How to Quickly Organize Google Tabs with AI
We all know the frustration of having dozens of tabs open. Having lots ofopen Chrome tabs weighs a lot on your computer’s RAM, and the chaos of having so many tabs makes it difficult to keep track of what you’re doing. Chrome’s AI aims to bring order to the chaotic tab bar by organizing them in labeled groups based on their context, similar toMicrosoft Copilot. Here’s how you can organize tabs with Chrome’s AI:
With that, Chrome will organize your tabs and label each tab group. If you’re like me and tend to multitask inefficiently, this feature is really helpful. Having different topics grouped separately will help you focus on your work without having to close other tabs and worry about losing progress.
How to Write Anywhere with Google Chrome’s AI
AI chatbots are wonderful tools for generating text. They’re helpful, whether you’re composing an email, drafting a post, or filling out a form. However, there’s usually a minor inconvenience: you have to open the AI tool in a separate tab, generate the text, and then go back to the web page to paste the results. Chrome’s AI eliminates the extra step and helps you write anything on any text field. Here’s how:
Once Chrome generates the text, click Insert to add it to the text field right. If need be, you can modify the text by clicking the Length and Tone dropdowns to tune these parameters. The sameAI prompting techniqueswork here, too, so expect better results with better prompts.
Although experimental, Google Chrome’s AI features offer some promising functionalities. They don’t offer anything innovative or unheard of, but integrating these AI features into Chrome provides subtle convenience and enhances the overall browsing experience.
