As part of its slate of Google Cloud Next<\/a> announcements on Wednesday, the company shared plans to bring \u201cauto browse\u201d agentic capabilities to Chrome users in the enterprise, along with enhanced security measures.<\/p>\n With auto browse, Chrome users can take advantage of Gemini to understand the live context in their open browser tabs, and then use the AI to handle various tasks like booking travel, inputting data, scheduling meetings, and others related to web-based work. <\/p>\n Google suggests the tool could be used for things like inputting information in the company\u2019s preferred CRM system based on content in a Google Doc, comparing vendor pricing across tabs, summarizing a candidate\u2019s portfolio before an interview, pulling key data from a competitor\u2019s product page, and more. <\/p>\n The company notes that its workflows will still require a \u201chuman in the loop,\u201d meaning that the user will have to manually review and confirm the AI\u2019s input before any final action takes place.<\/p>\n However, the idea is to help speed up these types of more tedious tasks to free up people to focus on what Google refers to as more \u201cstrategic work.\u201d <\/p>\n This is the larger promise from AI advocates: that you\u2019ll get your time back by using this new technology. But in practice, studies have shown that AI isn\u2019t reducing work \u2013 it\u2019s intensifying it.<\/a> It remains to be seen how this will play out at the enterprise level as AI becomes a standard part of the workflow. Presumably, that could mean managers will expect that people can get more tasks done in less time. <\/p>\n Google says the new feature will initially be available to Workspace users in the U.S., as a part of Google\u2019s push to infuse its AI into one of its most-used apps in the workplace, the web browser nearly everyone<\/a> uses. It can be enabled via a policy<\/a>, and Google states that an organization\u2019s prompts won\u2019t be used to train its AI models.\u00a0(A disclosure that is increasingly necessary these days, given that Meta is even using its own employees\u2019 keystrokes<\/a> to train its AI).<\/p>\n Like the consumer-facing version of the feature,<\/a> Workspace users will be able to save their most common workflows for later use. These \u201cSkills,\u201d as they\u2019re called, can be pulled up by either typing a forward slash (\u201d \/ \u201c) or by clicking the plus sign to access the needed Skill. <\/p>\n In addition to the infusion of AI into Chrome, Google is touting its ability to detect unsanctioned AI tools in the workplace via Chrome Enterprise Premium<\/a>. Now, it\u2019s expanding those capabilities to help IT teams look for compromised browser extensions or other AI services \u2014 specifically \u201canomalous agent activity.\u201d <\/p>\n Google is correct to position this as a security feature, but it has another advantage, too. The tech giant is essentially leveraging corporate IT to shut down any other AI agents that could be taking root in the enterprise world organically. Years ago, this was how many web services first established themselves in the workplace, amid an employee-driven \u201cEnterprise 2.0<\/a>\u201d rush to adopt new technology like cloud storage, collaborative docs, or file sharing. <\/p>\n This new feature, which Google somewhat ominously dubs \u201cShadow IT risk detection,\u201d will give IT teams visibility into the usage of both sanctioned and unsanctioned Gen AI and SaaS sites across their organization.<\/p>\n IT teams will also receive a \u201cGemini Summary\u201d of the Chrome Enterprise release notes and other AI-powered suggestions. This will surface critical changes, new policies, and upcoming deprecations, along with recommendations about things like configuring new settings or reviewing managed browsers. <\/p>\n The company also announced an expanded partnership with Okta to secure the agentic workplace with added features to reduce session hijacking and other protections. It\u2019s also upgrading its security controls for extensions and introducing Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) Integration to help organizations enforce consistent security policies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/download-1.png?w=680\")
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