Gemini in Google Chrome Is Coming to Israel, For Now in English Only

Google has announced the launch of an AI-based version of Chrome in Israel as well, including "Gemini in Chrome" and a range of new features. The upgraded browser runs on the Gemini 3.1 model and will be available on desktop and iOS in English only for now, the company said.

Gemini in Chrome is available to all Mac, Windows and Chromebook Plus users, and on Android devices it can be activated in other apps by long-pressing the power button. The side menu allows users to summarize articles, turn questions into study-review quizzes, request recipe adjustments or find pages they visited in the past, without switching between tabs. In practice, chatting with Gemini in the browser is meant to shorten the browsing process itself.

The browser also integrates with other Google services, including Gmail, Maps, Calendar and YouTube. Users can schedule meetings in Calendar, view location details, get summaries of YouTube videos, and draft and send emails directly from the side menu. Gemini also remembers context from previous conversations and offers personalized responses based on connections to the user's accounts.

Another feature allows Gemini to work across several open tabs at once, cross-reference information and consolidate it into a single view, for example to compare products in one table. In addition, the Nano Banana 2 tool has been integrated into the browser for image editing while browsing, by typing a prompt in the side menu.

Google said the models were trained to recognize known threats such as prompt injection attacks, and that safeguards have been added that will ask for approval before sensitive actions, such as sending an email or adding a calendar event. According to the announcement, more capabilities will be added במהלך השנה, and the service will expand to additional regions and languages.