Chrome’s New Desktop Update Lets You Browse Side-by-Side with AI

Google announced a Chrome desktop update (US rollout) that enhances its integrated AI with a side-by-side interface and cross-tab synthesis capabilities: users can view pages alongside the AI assistant, keep contextual dialogue when following links, and aggregate content from multiple tabs, images, and PDFs for integrated summaries. The changes aim to reduce tab-switching and improve task focus, with broader global availability planned.