Google is giving Chrome a few new tricks that could make studying a little less painful. The browser can now use Gemini to work with more audio and video content, create quizzes from material sitting in an open tab, and carry more of your unfinished work with you when you switch from a laptop to a phone.
The new features are aimed at students, but some of them could be useful for anyone who spends hours jumping between lectures, research papers, notes and assignments.
Gemini In Chrome Can Analyse Lectures, Podcasts And More
One of the bigger changes is coming to Gemini in Chrome. On desktop, Google's AI can now analyse audio and video content outside YouTube as well. That includes podcasts, videos on other websites and recordings such as lectures.
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Once the content has played, students can ask Gemini to find a particular piece of information, pick out the important points or explain a section that was difficult to understand. So, if you have just sat through a long lecture and need to revisit one particular topic, you do not necessarily have to go through the whole recording again.
Chrome Can Turn Your Notes Into A Quiz
There is another addition that could be handy when exams are around the corner. Chrome can now create interactive quizzes using content from an open tab.
The feature can work with things such as Google Docs containing study notes, research papers and lecture videos. Chrome looks through the material, picks out the main concepts and creates questions around them, giving students a quick way to test how much they actually remember.
For now, the feature is rolling out in English on desktop in the US and India. Google says it will come to more regions and mobile devices in the coming months.
Moving A Tab Between Your Phone And Laptop Gets Easier
Google is also fixing a small but annoying problem with switching between devices.
If you are working on something in Chrome on your laptop and send the tab to your phone, Chrome can now remember more of what you were doing. That includes the exact position you had scrolled to and information you had already entered into a form.
In other words, you can pick up the same webpage on another device without having to scroll around looking for the section you were reading or start filling out a form all over again.
Chrome Has A Few Other Tools For Students
Google is also highlighting some Chrome features that students may already have but perhaps do not use very often.
Tab Groups can be used to keep pages for different subjects, courses or projects together. Split View is useful when two pages need to stay open at the same time, such as a research paper on one side and an assignment on the other. Chrome can also keep paired tabs together, making it easier to return to the same side-by-side setup later.
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Then there are Chrome's reading tools. Immersive Reading removes some of the clutter from webpages and gives users controls for the font, letter spacing and contrast. Chrome can also read webpages aloud, while its AI playback feature on Android can turn web content into podcast-style conversations.
With the latest additions, Google is essentially making Chrome more useful for the way students actually study today, where a single assignment can involve a lecture recording, a research paper, online notes and several browser tabs at once.