Google has announced some new AI features for Chrome, including a way to search your browsing history using natural language.
Google has announced a number of AI features for the Chrome web browser, one of which can search through your browsing history using plain language. It’s a bit like a toned-down version of Microsoft’s Recall feature, which did this on the level of the entire operating system.
The example given entails typing the following question into your search history: “What was that ice cream shop I looked at last week?” Chrome will then dig through and pull up sites relevant to your question. It’ll then suggest a website as the “AI Best Match.”
Like with Recall, Google clarifies that using this feature is entirely optional and can easily be turned off in settings. It also noted that it doesn’t include browsing data from incognito mode.
While this does, actually, seem useful, many of the same concerns that Recall faced are applicable.
