Google Chrome is installing a 4 GB AI model onto your device. Here’s how you can turn it off

Google Chrome is silently downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model to your device without consent. Here's what it is, where it ...
Android

Chrome 148 is Forcing Bookmarks on Your New Tabs—Whether You Want It or Not

A bug in Google Chrome version 148 is preventing users from hiding the bookmarks bar on the New Tab Page. Despite using shortcuts or settings, the bar remains visible until a website is loaded. While ...
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Chrome for Android will let you just share approximate location

Like other Android apps, Chrome now lets you share approximate, instead of precise, location with websites. This new option ...
Android

Project Mariner is Over: Google Folds its AI Web Agent into Gemini & Chrome

Google officially shut down Project Mariner on May 4, 2026, ending a 17-month experiment in autonomous web browsing. While the standalone tool is gone, its technology is being integrated into Gemini ...

OpenAI’s Codex just moved into Chrome, where the useful work and the risks live

OpenAI’s Codex Chrome extension pushes the coding agent into signed-in browser work, making it more useful for real tasks while raising new questions about access, approvals, and agentic AI risk.The ...
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Use Google Chrome Skills Feature to Save Your Best AI Prompts

In this guide, we will talk about the latest feature called Google Chrome Skills that saves your prompts and lets you use ...