Chrome gets an “AI coworker”: Auto Browse automates web tasks, with a $6 per-month subscription for enterprise edition

According to reports from the official Google Chrome blog, TechCrunch, and The Next Web, on April 22, Google announced alongside Cloud Next 2026 that Chrome Enterprise is launching Auto Browse and Chrome Skills: a browser agent driven by Gemini that can read the page context, automatically perform tasks like booking flights, filling out forms, scheduling meetings, and organizing data. The enterprise plan costs $6 per user per month and includes DLP (data loss prevention) data-exfiltration protection and controls. This officially transforms Chrome from an “internet browser” into an “AI coworker.”

Auto Browse: a Gemini agent that performs multi-step tasks inside the browser

Auto Browse lets Gemini directly read the contents of the tabs the user currently has open, and execute web tasks after understanding the context. Officially listed examples include:

Booking business trips (compare prices, choose flights, enter passenger details)

Filling out forms (automatically insert Google Docs content into a CRM)

Scheduling meetings (read the calendar, draft proposed times, send invitations)

Cross-tab price comparison (open multiple e-commerce sites at once, and Gemini organizes the best options)

Evaluating candidate portfolios (quickly summarize before interviews)

Competitor analysis (extract key information from competitors’ product pages)

Key limitation: **Even fully automatic execution still requires human confirmation of the final action**. Gemini will prepare a proposal, but before anything is actually submitted, the user must click to confirm—avoiding accidental automated operations.

Chrome Skills: AI workflows that can be saved and shared

Chrome Skills are AI workflow templates users can save—such as multi-step repeatable tasks like “every Monday morning, extract new customers in the CRM and compile them into a Google Docs summary.” These can be packaged as Skills for individuals or teams to run repeatedly. Skills can be shared within an organization, forming an enterprise-specific browser automation asset.

This design is clearly aimed at the browser equivalents of Apple Shortcuts and iOS Intents—moving “Zapier/n8n automation that originally required a script engineer” into a workflow layer that knowledge workers can build themselves.

Chrome becomes an “AI coworker”: native integration with Gmail, Calendar, and Drive

After the upgrade to Chrome Enterprise, there will be a persistent Gemini side panel, so users can call Gemini anytime and use Gmail, Calendar, and Drive content as context. Google positions this as “Chrome becoming an intelligent workplace platform.”

Enterprise DLP (Data Loss Prevention) controls are fully in sync: IT administrators can set which websites are allowed for AI involvement, which sensitive data Gemini is forbidden from handling, which Skills can be shared, how audit logs are saved, and more—meeting the cybersecurity and compliance needs of regulated industries (finance, healthcare, and legal).

Pricing and market positioning

Chrome Enterprise AI version: ** $6 per user per month**, as an add-on service to existing Chrome Enterprise licensing. Compared with OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise (30–60 USD per user per month) and Anthropic Claude Team (30 USD per user per month), this pricing is more accessible, but the feature focus is on browser automation rather than an all-purpose AI assistant.

Competitive comparison: OpenAI Workspace Agents focuses on Codex agents plus Slack integration; Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform provides full-stack agent building; Chrome Auto Browse is**embedding agents directly into an existing browser work environment**, lowering the adoption barrier. Together, the three form Google’s dual-track strategy of “cloud agents + browser agents.”

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