Google has started rolling out Gemini in Chrome to users in India, bringing its AI-powered browsing assistant to one of the company’s largest markets. The feature first launched in select countries in September 2025 and is now expanding to more regions. With the India rollout, Google has also added support for eight Indic languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, and Tamil.
Gemini in Chrome appears as a side panel inside the browser. Users will see an ‘Ask Gemini’ button at the top of the window, which opens the assistant on the right side of the screen. From there, the AI can answer questions about the webpage currently being viewed, summarise content, or explain information using context from the page along with data from the web.
The tool is powered by Google’s Gemini 3.1 model and can also work across multiple tabs. That means users can ask the assistant to compare information from different pages or clarify details spread across several websites without switching between them manually.
Google is also bringing image tools into the browser through Nano Banana 2, which allows users to generate or edit images directly inside the Gemini panel. In some cases, the assistant can even modify images already present on a webpage without requiring them to be downloaded first.
One feature that is missing from the Indian rollout is Auto Browse, which lets Gemini control the browser and perform tasks automatically. For now, that capability is limited to users of Google’s AI Pro and AI Ultra subscription plans in regions where it has already launched. In India, Gemini will function mainly as an assistant that helps interpret and interact with web content.
The move comes as major tech companies race to bring generative AI directly into web browsers. Microsoft, for example, has integrated its Copilot assistant into the Microsoft Edge browser, allowing users to summarise pages or ask questions while browsing. India has become an important market for these experiments, partly because of its large and diverse internet user base. By adding support for multiple local languages, Google is trying to make AI tools more accessible to people who prefer browsing in regional languages rather than English.
For users, features like Gemini in Chrome could be useful when reading long articles, researching a topic across multiple tabs, or trying to understand complex information on a webpage. Instead of scanning several pages manually, the assistant can quickly summarise the key points. At the same time, as with most AI tools, the accuracy of responses and how well the feature fits into everyday browsing will likely determine how widely it gets adopted.
