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Google’s 2025 Chrome Extension Favorites Cement the Browser’s AI Shift

The year-end curation highlights assistants that pull key tasks into the page to reduce app switching.

Overview

  • Google published its Favorites of 2025 collection on the Chrome Web Store, positioning Chrome as a proactive, AI-powered assistant.
  • Monica and Sider are showcased as all-in-one companions that let users chat with PDFs, summarize pages, and draft content without leaving the browser.
  • HARPA AI combines AI analysis with web automation to monitor price drops and track content changes across sites.
  • Fireflies.ai and Bluedot automatically record, transcribe, and summarize virtual meetings so participants can focus on discussion instead of notes.
  • Quillbot provides in-browser paraphrasing, grammar checks, and text generation, while QuestionAI and eJOY support learning, Adobe brings Photoshop tools to Chrome, and Phia finds the best price with a single click.