Google Chrome gets Gemini AI Skills: protein in recipes and YouTube summaries

Google embedded artificial intelligence directly into the Chrome browser: the Gemini sidebar now offers ready-made AI skills — Skills. Users don't need to switch between tabs or separate services to get AI assistance. Skills are pre-configured interaction scenarios with Gemini, tailored for specific tasks.

To start, Google offers several ready-made options: one helps recalculate a recipe to maximize protein content, another generates a summary of a YouTube video right on the video player page. Essentially, these are specialized assistant modes that don't require manually entering complex prompts. The Gemini panel in Chrome appeared back in 2024, however, the skills feature expands its capabilities: now the AI understands the context of the current page and suggests relevant actions.

Open a recipe — the nutrition skill is available. Watching a video — a summarization option appears. Google positions Skills as the first step toward deeper integration of Gemini into everyday browsing.

The company plans to expand the skills library — both its own and, possibly, from third-party developers. For now, the feature is available to Chrome users with Gemini enabled in the sidebar. The emergence of built-in AI skills in the browser is a telling signal: major platforms are moving from universal chatbots to contextual assistants that act precisely where the user is working, without unnecessary transitions and copy-pasting.

If this approach gains traction, the browser will transform from a navigation tool into an active participant in the work process.