OpenAI’s Codex Chrome extension pushes the coding agent into signed-in browser work, making it more useful for real tasks while raising new questions about access, approvals, and agentic AI risk.
The new feature is a small win for Android users, as it gives them more control over how much location data they share with websites.

Google Chrome may be taking up more of your storage than expected thanks to a large on-device AI model file that, in some cases, is being automatically downloaded to the browser’s system folders. Users who have noticed unexplained drops in their available desktop device storage are now discovering that Chrome is installing a 4GB weights.bin […]
Google brings Gemini-powered ‘auto browse’ capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.
Google has launched Skills in Chrome, a new feature that lets you save Gemini prompts as reusable one-click tools and run them across multiple tabs without retyping anything

Google is launching a new Chrome workflow feature that allows you to reuse your favorite Gemini commands across multiple webpages. Any AI prompts can now be saved as “Skills” in the Chrome desktop browser, letting you instantly run them across any tabs you select. “Until now, repeating an AI task – like asking for ingredient […]
Google is adding “Skills” to Chrome, letting users save and reuse AI prompts across websites. The feature builds on Gemini’s browser integration.
Google Chrome’s latest update brings vertical tabs and a cleaner Reading Mode to help manage cluttered browsing.
This sneaky little feature might speed things up for you.