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Google Expands Gemini in Chrome to Seven Asia-Pacific Countries

The rollout signals a push to turn Chrome into a context-aware helper tied to core Google services.

Overview

  • Google broadened access Monday to Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam, with iOS support in all of those markets except Japan.
  • The addition lifts availability to 11 markets after earlier launches in the United States, Canada, India, and New Zealand.
  • On desktop, the helper opens as a side panel or floating window from the top-right icon or a keyboard shortcut, with settings under Chrome > AI innovations > Gemini in Chrome.
  • It reads the current tab to give page-specific help, taps Personal Intelligence to draft Gmail or set Calendar events, and can transform on-page images with the Nano Banana 2 model.
  • An automation feature that can control the browser remains in U.S. testing for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, and Google says it is limiting autonomous actions and phasing in privacy-focused features.