TaggartSep 18, 2025

Yet another reason to stop using Chrome: Gemini is coming right into the browser, including the address bar ("Omni bar") by default. These features are computationally expensive at scale, privacy-destroying, and just plain annoying.

https://blog.google/products/chrome/chrome-reimagined-with-ai/

Chrome: The browser you love, reimagined with AI

Google is taking the next step in its journey to make your browser smarter with new AI integrations.

Google
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠
@mttaggart Wonder how long until it's pushed to WebView on Android as well... 🫤
Sep 18, 2025 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadTaggartSep 18, 2025

@catsalad Ugggggh.

Well Vivaldi has a mobile version and it's very good.

Show threadNatanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Sep 19, 2025
@mttaggart @catsalad Vivaldi can't replace Webview...
Show threadTaggartSep 19, 2025
@Natanox @catsalad No but the renderer is not the layer at which this is being implemented.
Show threadNatanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Sep 19, 2025

@mttaggart @catsalad ...yet.

If they find some avenue to squeeze AI nonsense in there they will. Think "enhanced auto-translation of (web-)apps" or some crap like that. Or better, "AI analysis" to "help you navigating" (i.e. scraping behaviour data) and better integrate all Android apps into some universal, always-on AI assistant. They'll eventually figure out something awful.

Show threadTaggartSep 19, 2025
@Natanox @catsalad I don't disagree, but that is not the browser qua the browser. So for now, either Vivaldi or Firefox mobile will keep this feature at bay. What you're describing is a risk of the OS, which I agree is still exigent.
Show threadEmily Love 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 19, 2025
@Natanox @mttaggart @catsalad hah, "we let our AI agent read the html source, and this is what it thinks the page should look like."
Show threadOwl EyesSep 18, 2025
@catsalad @mttaggart nooooooo