Google Chrome makes it easier to wrangle different tabs in AI Mode

Summary: Love 'em or hate 'em, no modern browser is complete without robust tab support, and so too would it seem Google's artificial intelligence Mode.

Background

Starting today, the firm is rolling out an update to customers in the US that makes the tool better at interacting and understanding tabs.

To start, the next time you use artificial intelligence Mode on Chrome for desktop and click on a link, the chatbot will open a new side-by-side interface that allows you to both browse the new webpage and ask questions of artificial intelligence Mode.

The connection allows the chatbot to maintain the context of the search that brought you to that website in the first place.

For instance, say you're looking for a new coffee maker to buy for your apartment.

After artificial intelligence Mode finds a handful of different models for you to compare, you can click on one to go to the manufacturer's website and ask additional questions of the chatbot like "how easy is this to clean?" Thanks to the expanded context window, you don't need to refer to the specific name of the model.

Further details

Meanwhile, if you have an existing tab or group of tabs that you'd like artificial intelligence Mode to factor into a new search, you can do that now too.

From the redesigned Plus menu, just click the new option that's there.

While you're in the Plus menu, you can also prompt artificial intelligence Mode to consider other materials, including images and PDFs, alongside any relevant tabs.

In testing, Google says customers found the integration translated to less tab switching, and made it easier to focus.

Mike Torres, vice-president of product for Chrome, noted the new features represent a broader effort by Google to bring practical artificial intelligence capabilities to its web browser.

Torres added the firm would soon bring today's updates to more places around the world.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-chrome-makes-it-easier-to-wrangle-different-tabs-in-ai-mode-170000914.html?src=rss

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