January in the US, March in India, Canada, and New Zealand, and now April in seven Asia-Pacific countries. Google is embedding Gemini into Chrome at a pace of roughly one batch per month, expanding globally.
Which countries are new this time
Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam.
Except for Japan, where the feature is limited to desktop, users in the other six countries can access Gemini in Chrome on both desktop and iOS.
What Gemini can do in Chrome
It is a sidebar assistant. Capabilities include:
- Ask questions across tabs: If you have seven or eight tabs open for research, just ask Gemini and it will synthesize answers from multiple pages.
- Connect to Google services: Through the Personal Intelligence feature, it can read your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Photos to provide personalized responses.
- Schedule meetings, check maps, send emails: Let Gemini handle these tasks without leaving the browser.
- Image processing: Using the Nano Banana 2 model, it can process images directly in the sidebar.
Most features are available to free users.
But the truly interesting feature remains locked in the US
Gemini in Chrome has a more advanced capability: agentic mode — it can autonomously control the browser to complete tasks for you.
For example, it can fill out forms, search for flights, book hotels, or perform web actions based on information in a PDF, without you needing to guide it step by step.
This feature is still in testing and is only available to paid AI Pro and AI Ultra users in the US.
From a product logic perspective, this makes sense — before rolling out an AI that can click things for you globally, it is prudent to refine safety and experience in a controlled market. But from a user perspective, it means international users currently get a more capable assistant, not a true AI automation browser.
What this expansion achieves
The browser AI space has been heating up in recent years.
Arc Browser is building its own AI capabilities, Opera has long embedded AI in its sidebar, and various AI companies are considering making their own browsers — OpenAI and Perplexity have both been linked to rumors or tests.
But Google's advantage is that it does not need to convince users to switch browsers.
Chrome's global market share has consistently remained above 60%. You do not need to do anything — the next time you open Chrome, Gemini is there. This distribution channel is something no emerging AI browser can replicate in the short term.
With the addition of seven Asia-Pacific countries, Gemini in Chrome now covers more than 20 markets. The map is still growing.
There is only one question to watch next: when will agentic mode leave the US?
That is the real battleground for browser AI.
Sources: Google rolls out Gemini in Chrome in seven new countries (TechCrunch); CocoLoop, Google Expands Gemini AI Assistant in Chrome to Seven New Markets (The AI Insider)