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Chrome on Android has offered a Reading mode for several years now, and Google is now significantly redesigning it.

In the past few days, tapping the Pixel Launcher search bar opens a different screen powered by the Google app. This is not a bug and an intentional change. 

Google is testing a new “Tailor your feed” Labs experiment that lets you tell Discover exactly “what you want to see.”

After teasing in September, Google Chrome for iOS is now more widely rolling out a built-in Gemini experience.

With Gemini in Chrome and the upcoming availability of agentic capabilities, Google is detailing how the browser will protect against threats.

Google is rolling out a number of updates to Chrome Autofill, including Google Wallet integration and a slightly better design on Android.

Google Chrome for Android is gaining support for pinned tabs, a handy feature from the desktop browser, which makes it easier to keep important pages up.

After testing in recent months, Google is going ahead with a dedicated “Images” tab in the Search app on Android and iOS.

The Google app’s legacy voice search experience is finally being modernized with a redesign inspired by Search Live.

After giving AI Mode new floating controls on Android, the new Search experience is expanding its presence on Chrome and getting more agentic features.

Google is updating Chrome Autofill to support passport, driver’s license number, and vehicle info.

The rollout of Chrome’s M3 Expressive redesign, which began in late August, is now complete. It comes a few weeks after most first-party apps have received their updates.

Following desktop in July, Chrome for iOS and Android’s New Tab Page now has a shortcut for AI Mode, as well as Incognito.

OpenAI has launched its first browser in ChatGPT “Atlas,” and while it has its own set of features, it’s just another Chromium-based browser.

As previewed last month, activating the Gemini overlay in Chrome for Android now lets you quickly Summarize pages.

To help reduce notification overload, Chrome for Android and desktop will automatically disable notifications from websites you don’t frequently visit. 

The fullscreen Google Account switcher started rolling out earlier this year, and the menu redesign is now coming to the remaining first-party apps.

With the launch of iOS 26 earlier this week, Google Chrome 141 rolled out with Liquid Glass tweaks on iPhone and iPad.

Gemini in Chrome for Mac and Windows will no longer require an AI Pro or AI Ultra subscription, while Google today also announced a number of upgrades.

The Google Chrome interface has remained remarkably consistent over the years, and the Android browser is now getting Material 3 Expressive tweaks to match other first-party apps.

Google’s Tab Group tweaks continue with Chrome 139 for Android, which also makes a handful of other small changes across the browser.

Perplexity, an AI startup, is putting together a bid to buy Google Chrome. There are just two potential problems. First, Chrome isn’t actually for sale. Second, the bid is worth twice as much as Perplexity.

Five months after launching on phones, Google AI Mode is now appearing on Android tablets.