The 'Skills' are arriving on Google Chrome, what's going to change?

Artificial intelligence will soon have a prominent place on Chrome. Google plans to integrate Gemini directly into the search engine to assist you during your various browsing sessions. In this regard, Gemini in Chrome has just added a new feature called « Skills ».

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« Skills », the new feature of Google Chrome

« Skills » provides Chrome users with shortcuts for their most frequent queries. To access it, those who can already benefit from it simply need to click on the « Ask Gemini » tab, located at the top right of the screen. Then, a sidebar window opens to the right of the screen, with direct access to skills that the user has registered.

Specifically, each skill corresponds to

The user can then use this skill on any web page by simply clicking on « Protein Maximizer ». For each skill, the user must therefore provide a name and a description of a task to perform. It can also add emojis and modify the name or description of the task at any time. 

Skills can be used in different domains and for different purposes: health and wellness (calculating the number of proteins in a dish or estimated calorie count), online shopping (comparing products based on their features), productivity (summarizing a document by retaining key points, writing text, performing research), etc. The "Skills" feature can also transform information present on a web page into infographic or data visualization. Note that Google will provide a library of skills « for common tasks and workflows ». 

Limited launch and privacy measures

Since the integration of Gemini has not yet arrived in France, one must be patient before being able to enjoy the skills. However, things are moving forward as Gemini has recently started speaking French… except in France. In any case, it's just a matter of time: Google truly intends to deeply integrate its AI into Chrome. 

Regarding privacy and security, Skills will ask for confirmation before adding events to your calendar, sending emails, or performing other sensitive actions." 👉🏻 Follow the latest tech news in real time: add 01net to your Google sources, and subscribe to our WhatsApp channel.

Source : Google