By Robert White
Publication Date: 2026-04-21 08:30:00
It is difficult to imagine life without web browsers, these global access points to the Internet’s inexhaustible sources of information.
And now Google Chrome – by far the largest and most popular browser – has ushered in what it calls “the new era of surfing” in Australia and Asia Pacific. Starting today, Gemini AI* will be integrated into platforms like Google Search, Drive, YouTube, Calendar, Maps and more.
Instead of opening a new tab and entering all relevant information, users can now click a simple star icon in the top right corner to open a side window and chat with Google’s powerful AI assistant, Gemini 3.1.
WHY WILL GEMINI 3.1 INTEGRATION CHANGE BROWSING?
For decades, internet users have learned the hard way that you need the right search terms to get the right answer. But this integration of Gemini into the Google browser will change the way we access information systems.
Charmaine D’Silva, head of product management at Google Chrome, told news.com.au that…
