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Ep 706: Google’s New Gemini Features in Chrome: 5 Time-Saving AI Features
Claude commits to staying ad-free, Nvidia–OpenAI deal hits a speed bump, OpenAI and Anthropic fight about ads.
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February 04, 2026
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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Google Gemini didn’t get flashier this week — it got more practical. The newest Gemini updates quietly change how people move through Chrome and daily workflows. Give today’s show a watch/read/listen.
🕵️♂️ Fresh Finds: GPT-5.2 and Codex get a 40% speed boost, Sam Altman claps back at Anthropic, Qwen3-Coder-Next is released, and more. Read on for Fresh Finds.
🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Claude commits to staying ad-free, Nvidia–OpenAI deal hits a speed bump, Alexa+ rolls out nationwide and more. Read on for Byte Sized News.
💪 Leverage AI: Literally hundreds of millions of people now have free, Gemini-powered Chrome superpowers. We break them down. Keep reading for that!
↩️ Don’t miss out: Miss our last newsletter? We covered: SpaceX and xAI officially merge into one company, Moltbook hit by a major data breach, Anthropic's new science agent and more Check it here!
Ep 706: Google’s New Gemini Features in Chrome: 5 Time-Saving AI Features
Hundreds of millions just got an AI glow up and didn't even notice. 🤫
That's because Google just released new Gemini-powered AI features in Chrome, and hardly anyone noticed.
How to fix that? Let's put AI to Work on Wednesdays.
For this episode, we're gonna highlight 5 of our favorite features that have rolled out to millions under the radar. (Oh... and only 1 of them even requires a paid account.)
Time to level up.
Also on the pod today:
• Gemini sidebar unlocks Chrome 🚀
• Agentic browsing applies for jobs 📑
• Gmail + Gemini seamless integration 📧
It’ll be worth your 37 minutes:
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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:
New AI Tool Spotlight – CreateOS is a unified workspace to build, deploy, and scale apps, Agentset helps developers build AI apps that deliver reliable answers, Universal-3 Pro is a first of its kind promptable speech language model.
Sam Altman vs. Anthropic — After Anthropic’s bold anti-ad play against OpenAI, Sam Altman responded with a little clapback.
GPT 5.2 Upgrade — GPT-5.2 and Codex just got 40% faster, same brains. Curious what changed?
Kimi K2.5 — Kimi AI now lets you turn images or videos into websites in seconds. Check out their new visual feedback tools and see how fast prototyping just got.
AI Cameras Helping First Responders — AI-powered cameras are spotting fires before anyone calls 911. See how tech is changing first response.
Musical AI — Musical AI just raised $4.5 million to make music rights and attribution in AI simple for everyone. Want to Learn More?
Microsoft AI Marketplace — Microsoft’s new Publisher Content Marketplace lets publishers get paid when AI uses their premium content. Curious?
The Sora Feed Philosophy — Sora puts creativity first with a feed you control, all while keeping things safe. Want the details?
Qwen3-Coder-Next Release — Qwen3-Coder-Next crushes coding tasks with just 3B active parameters. Curious how it outpaces bigger models?
1. Report: Nvidia-OpenAI Mega-Deal Hits a Speed Bump 🤚
Talks have stalled between OpenAI and Nvidia on their $100 billion infrastructure partnership, just months after the high-profile announcement that promised to supercharge the AI industry.
Behind the scenes, Nvidia is reportedly uneasy about OpenAI’s business model, and both companies are now publicly downplaying any drama. Despite tensions, each side still relies heavily on the other’s technology to hit ambitious growth targets, and both CEOs insist they’re in it for the long haul.
2. Claude Shuns Ads to Stay Trustworthy 🇽
In a fresh move shaking up the AI space, Anthropic announced that Claude, its AI assistant, will remain completely ad-free, bucking the trend of monetizing digital assistants through sponsored content.
The company says keeping Claude unswayed by advertising ensures users get unbiased help, especially during sensitive or complex conversations. This decision arrives as rivals increasingly weave ads into chatbots and search tools, raising questions about trust and transparency.
3. Alexa+ Opens Nationwide, Gets a Price Tag 🏷️
Amazon has just expanded Alexa+ to everyone in the U.S., dropping the waitlist and giving its AI assistant a fresh $19.99 monthly fee for non-Prime users.
After a year in early access, the upgraded Alexa+ is now front-and-center with enhanced multitasking and “agent” capabilities, putting it in direct competition with popular chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Prime members still get it free, but some users aren’t thrilled about automatic upgrades that swapped out their classic Alexa experience.
4. Apple Supercharges Xcode with Claude AI Integration 🔋
Apple just unveiled Xcode 26.3 as a release candidate, equipping its developer IDE with full native integration of Claude’s advanced AI, including autonomous coding, visual verification, and direct access to Apple’s documentation.
This upgrade marks a major leap, allowing Claude to manage complex coding tasks, analyze project architecture, and even iterate on SwiftUI interfaces using Xcode Previews—all from within the app itself.
5. Perplexity Rolls Out Advanced Deep Research to Max Users First 💪
Perplexity is rolling out its new Advanced Deep Research tool, claiming it outperforms every other AI agent when it comes to making high-stakes decisions in finance, law, health, shopping, tech, and science.
The update is immediately available to all Max users, with Pro users getting phased access soon. Every advanced research query now runs on Opus 4.5, using a sophisticated agentic toolkit for consistent results. Max users also benefit from higher usage limits, signaling a clear push to lead the pack in AI-powered research.
Auto browse fills out forms, books travel, and runs entire workflows across sites without you touching anything.
And the 200ish million Americans using Chrome? Most are still clicking around manually like it's 2025.
(Yeah fam…. We're talking about you.)
Right now there's a quiet gap forming. On one side, people who figured out their browser can autonomously research competitors, synthesize 20 tabs of intel, and fire off emails without ever leaving the page.
On the other?
Everyone else still tab-hopping through life like their sanity depends on it.
We broke this down on today's Everyday AI and walked through five new Chrome features powered by Google Gemini that turn your browser from a passive window into an active assistant.
If your team ain't using this yet, someone else's team prolly is.
Time to capitalize shorties.
1. Your Browser Does Tasks Now 🔥
Tell it to find flights for next month, compare three hotels, and add the cheapest combo to your cart. It opens tabs, clicks buttons, reads pages, and handles the workflow. You watch. Or you don't.
It uses Google Password Manager to log into sites with your permission. So you're not sitting there typing credentials for the 47th time this week.
The strategic play is getting your passwords synced into Google's system now. If you're still on a third-party manager, import everything over. This feature rewards people who set up the infrastructure first.
Real talk though.
Auto browse is only available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers right now. But the fact that this exists in Chrome means agentic browsing is coming to the masses. Get your workflows documented before everyone else catches on.
Try This
Pick one repetitive browser task you hate. Job applications (sometimes). Expense reports. Price comparisons.
Write out what that task involves. Step by step.
Then test whether auto browse can handle it when you get access. Start small. Tell it to find three options and compare them.
The goal ain't perfection. It's building your delegation muscle before this goes mainstream.
2. Synthesize 20 Tabs In Seconds ⚡
The new Gemini sidebar reads across multiple open tabs simultaneously.
Not just summarize one page. Connect dots between five, 10, or 20 pages at once. And it shows you which tabs it's pulling from so you can verify the synthesis.
Think competitive intel. Open your top five competitors' pricing pages, feature pages, and case studies. Ask Gemini to find patterns, gaps, and opportunities across all of them.
What makes this different from copy-pasting into ChatGPT?
The browser already knows what's on each tab. You're not losing information in the transfer. You're not switching windows and losing your train of thought every 90 seconds.
This feature is available to all Chrome users in the US right now. And if your research workflow still involves manually clicking between tabs and copying text into docs, you're doing it wrong.
Try This
Open five tabs related to something you're researching. Competitors, industry reports, whatever.
Click the Gemini sidebar in the upper right. Make sure it shows you're sharing all five tabs.
Ask it to find common themes and contradictions across sources.
Then ask what's missing. What would complete the picture?
This reframes research from gathering to interrogating. Try it weekly before any big decision.
3. Kill Context Switching Forever 🚀
The sidebar now integrates with Gmail, Calendar, YouTube, Maps, Shopping, and Flights.
Reading an article and think you saw something similar in your inbox last week? Just ask. The sidebar searches your Gmail and pulls up the email without you leaving the page.
Even better?
You can draft and send emails from the sidebar. Research, synthesis, and communication all happen in one place. No more tab-hopping to write a message about what you just read.
To enable this, go into your Gemini settings and connect the apps you want.
But here's what's coming that matters.
Personal Intelligence will use your Gmail and Google Photos history to personalize everything. Opt-in only. But when it arrives in Chrome, the browser will know your preferences, your patterns, and your priorities before you even ask.
That ain't a browser anymore.
That's an operating system for information.
Try This
Go to your Gemini settings and connect Gmail and Calendar.
Next time you're reading something and think you've seen a related email, test it. Ask the sidebar if this topic came up recently.
If it finds something, click through to verify.
Train yourself to ask instead of search. Asking keeps you focused.
Once you trust it for email lookup, expand to calendar checks before meetings. Build the habit now before Personal Intelligence drops and makes this 10 times more powerful.
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