Google Chrome only We now have Skills, another generative AI feature. Skills are repeatable AI prompts that you can run in Chrome using keyboard shortcuts. Add it to the laundry list of AI tools that Google is rolling out across all of its software.
You can set up your own skills using Gemini, Google’s chatbot, from your Chrome browser, or choose from ready-made skills that Google has released with this feature. The Skills Library’s 50+ presets cover a variety of prompts that tell Gemini to summarize a YouTube video, maximize protein intake by substituting a recipe, or evaluate a job posting.
If you want to try out the skill, click the Gemini sidebar in Chrome to open it. “Ask Gemini.” shine icon It’s in the top right corner of the screen. Then type “a”. slash In the prompt box, select the skill you want to perform. When you select one, Gemini analyzes the information from the browser tab you shared within the parameters of the details placed in your skill.
Below are the complete prompts from Google’s “Protein Maximizer” skill example, showing how they can be used to guide Gemini in Chrome.
Analyze the current web page’s recipe, identify all ingredients, and estimate their protein content. Suggest substitutions or additions to maximize the overall protein content of the recipe while maintaining the integrity of the original recipe’s flavor profile. Outputs a modified recipe that lists the protein content of each ingredient and total protein per serving.
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From my experience testing generated AI features in a variety of browsers, I wouldn’t be surprised if these tools were a little glitchy at launch, but gradually improved over the next few months. It’s easy to see why this type of browser tool is popular among productivity geeks who want to streamline their workflow and save on clicks. Still, the skill seems to be the kind of AI feature that most Chrome users probably won’t even realize is an option while browsing the web.
If you’re not interested in this feature but still want to use Chrome,[Ask Gemini]There is an option to remove the button. setting and open AI innovation tab. next, Gemini in Chrome section and make sure the toggle at the top of that page is turned off. When you toggle this setting off, the Ask Gemini button disappears from the top of your Chrome browser.
Google’s reinvention of the Chrome browser for the AI era has been enhanced with the addition of Gemini to the Chrome sidebar earlier this year, pitched as an assistant that lives on the right side of your screen and is ready to answer your questions about what you’re looking at on the web. The company also experimented with how generative AI could control Chrome to click and browse the web on your behalf.
Google isn’t alone in trying to make AI prompts easier to reproduce for users. The Opera Neon browser, a smaller Norwegian-based competitor to Chrome, has a similar tool called Cards, which lets users reuse their own prompts or choose from a library of presets. Some of the most popular options available in Opera Neon include tools for prioritizing tasks, planning movie nights, and scheduling cheap trips.
