Google recently launched an innovative AI experiment for web browsers named “Disco.” This Gemini-powered product transforms your active browser tabs into personalized applications. Disco enables the creation of “GenTabs,” a feature that automatically proposes interactive web apps to assist with tasks related to your current browsing activity, and also allows users to design their own apps using text-based prompts.
For example, if you are delving into a specific topic, GenTabs could propose constructing a web application to visually represent the data, thereby aiding in a clearer comprehension of fundamental concepts.
Alternatively, in a more casual context, GenTabs could be utilized to compile a meal plan from various online recipes or to assist with trip planning while conducting travel research.
While similar functionalities are available through existing AI chatbots, GenTabs distinguishes itself by dynamically generating these personalized experiences with Gemini 3, leveraging data from your browser and Gemini chat history. Once an app is created, users can further refine it through natural language commands.
Google confirms that any generated elements within the GenTabs environment will include links referencing their original sources.
Consistent with other players in the AI sector, Google has been exploring ways to more deeply embed artificial intelligence into web browsing. Rather than developing a proprietary AI browser akin to Perplexity’s Comet or ChatGPT Atlas, Google instead incorporated its Gemini AI assistant directly into Chrome, allowing users to optionally query it about the current webpage.
GenTabs expands its focus beyond merely the active tab to encompass the user’s broader browsing objective across several tabs, be it for research, education, or other purposes.
Initially, this feature will be exclusively accessible to a select group of testers via Google Labs, who will provide input on the experience. Google indicates that promising concepts originating from Disco might eventually be integrated into other, more prominent Google offerings.
Furthermore, the company implies that GenTabs is merely the inaugural feature under testing, with many more Disco functionalities anticipated in the future.
Users interested in Disco must register for a waitlist to download the application, with initial availability on macOS.