Chrome adds reusable AI 'Skills'
Google introduced 'Skills' in Chrome, a feature that saves and replays AI prompts as one‑click workflows across tabs using Gemini. The capability is pitched for repetitive tasks like recipe substitutions or document scanning and aims to make prompts reusable in-browser. (x.com)
Google is adding “Skills” to Chrome, turning saved Gemini prompts into one-click workflows that can run on the page you are viewing. (blog.google) Google announced the feature on April 14, 2026, and said users can save a prompt from Gemini in Chrome chat history, then run it again later by typing a forward slash or clicking the plus button. The saved workflow can use the current page and other tabs you select. (blog.google) Google said early testers used the feature for recipe macro calculations, side-by-side shopping comparisons across tabs, and scanning long documents for key information. Chrome is also launching a built-in library of ready-made Skills for common tasks that users can save and edit. (blog.google) The feature expands Google’s push to turn Chrome from a browser into an AI assistant that can work across tabs, side panels, and connected Google apps. In September 2025, Google said Gemini in Chrome would answer questions across multiple tabs and roll out first to Mac and Windows users in the United States with Chrome set to English. (blog.google) Google has added more of those assistant features in recent months. A newer Chrome update moved Gemini into a side panel, tied it to Gmail, Calendar, YouTube, Maps, Google Shopping, and Google Flights, and added “auto browse” for multi-step tasks. (blog.google) Skills packages one prompt into a reusable shortcut, closer to a macro than a full autonomous agent. Google said the prompt will ask for confirmation before sensitive actions such as sending an email or adding a calendar event. (blog.google) Google is pitching the feature as a way to avoid rewriting the same prompt on every new page. The company said saved Skills will be available on signed-in Chrome desktop devices, putting repeatable AI workflows directly inside the browser instead of a separate chatbot window. (9to5google.com) The release gives Chrome users a way to keep the prompts they actually use, not just the answers they got once. That fits Google’s larger bet that browsing, searching, and routine web tasks will increasingly happen through Gemini inside Chrome. (blog.google)
