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Google Expands Gemini in Chrome to Latin America, Africa and the Middle East

The company says the June 10 rollout brings personalized, tab-aware AI tools to desktop and iOS users and signals a push to make AI a built-in part of browsing.

Overview

  • Google announced on June 10, 2026 that Gemini in Chrome is rolling out to desktop and iOS users across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and additional markets.
  • The feature runs in a side panel or floating window and can summarize pages, compare content across tabs, and transform images using Nano Banana 2.
  • Personal Intelligence lets Gemini access connected Google apps such as Calendar, Gmail, Maps, Photos and YouTube to draft emails, set events, and tailor responses.
  • Gemini in Chrome is opt-in and configurable in Chrome Settings > AI innovations, and Google says it will ask for confirmation on sensitive tasks and use protections against prompt injection.
  • Europe remains excluded from this wave, which observers link to EU AI rules, and Google’s staged rollout since September 2025 positions Chrome as an AI-first browser with wider competitive and user-experience implications.