Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome • Hacker News Board

Re: Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome

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Post by shakna » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 4:17 AM UTC

lmm wrote: post #59

shakna wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you struggle, then an agent will probably fail.

I know exactly what to do, it's just very tedious to actually do it. Which seems like the perfect use case for an agent.

Tedium often means a large context window. Lots of personal information to be entered, in different formats, that must be exactly right.

Thats exactly what an agent regularly fails at.

Re: Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome

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Post by pjmlp » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 8:49 AM UTC

ed_mercer wrote: post #32

> We’re also bringing the creative power of Nano Banana directly into Chrome, allowing you to transform images on the fly without needing to download and re-upload images or open another tab. Are there really people who are like "Man, if only I could this straight in Chrome" ? Is this something worth bloating a browser (further) with?

Yes, Google's shareholders.

Re: Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome

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Post by pjmlp » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 8:50 AM UTC

dz0ny wrote: post #26

Only PMs at Google need this. They still don't get how AI is used...

Still better than Microsoft though, Android is still not a Windows 11 kind of AI everywhere without roadmap mess.

Re: Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome

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Post by dz0ny » Tue, Feb 03, 2026, 10:55 AM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #63

dz0ny wrote: post #26

Only PMs at Google need this. They still don't get how AI is used...

Still better than Microsoft though, Android is still not a Windows 11 kind of AI everywhere without roadmap mess.

True :). Although I bought a new Android tablet, it’s confusing that Gemini isn’t installed, but there is Gemini as an embedded support assistant.