Google Expands Gemini in Chrome to 7 Asia-Pacific Countries, Proxy Browsing Feature Still Limited to US Premium Users

According to The OneMillion AI's monitoring, Google has expanded the availability of the Gemini in Chrome built-in assistant to 7 new markets: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. Except for Japan, the other 6 countries have both desktop and iOS coverage. This feature was first launched in the United States in January this year, expanded to India, Canada, and New Zealand in March, and this is the third round of expansion.

Gemini in Chrome resides in the browser as a sidebar and can answer questions across multiple open tabs. The Personal Intelligence module, which was added earlier this year, can access data from Gmail and Google Photos to provide personalized responses. It can also utilize Calendar to schedule events, Maps to look up places, and Gmail to draft and send emails. Users can also use Nano Banana 2 for image editing within the sidebar.

This expansion does not include the agentic feature of Gemini in Chrome. The part that can perform browser operations on behalf of users and automate multi-step tasks remains in the testing phase and is only available to users with paid subscriptions to AI Pro and AI Ultra in the United States. Users in the 7 new countries will receive the question-and-answer and account assistant version, which does not include the ability to click buttons or fill out forms by itself.