OpenAI adds tab‑reading ability to ChatGPT Chrome extension
OpenAI has updated its ChatGPT Chrome extension to let the assistant look at the web pages you already have open. When users tag Chrome in the ChatGPT web or desktop app, the bot can read the titles and contents of each tab, pull information, and act on it. A demo video shows a user asking the model to compare three open tabs about sofas, then have the bot draft a comparison sheet.
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Pull data, draft emails, and fill forms from open Chrome tabs
What you get You can draft outreach emails.
Reads open Chrome tabs, extracts info, and performs actions like drafting emails.
- Who for
- marketers
- Cost
- free
- Effort
- minutes
Use it for
- Compare products
- Draft outreach emails
- Auto-fill web forms
How to set it up · From the article
- Tag Chrome in the ChatGPT app
- Ask the bot to compare or extract information from your open tabs
Watch out Only works when extension is installed and you tag Chrome
ChatGPT Chrome extension in the tool directory · 2 changes covered
Key points from the news
- OpenAI’s ChatGPT Chrome extension can now read the titles and contents of a user’s open tabs when prompted
- The feature lets the bot pull data, compare items, fill forms, draft emails, and download files directly from the browser
- It mirrors Google Gemini’s “auto browse” capability and adds a sidebar with full conversation history
The new capability also brings ChatGPT into a sidebar with full conversation history, and lets it control tabs for tasks such as sending messages, filling out forms, downloading files, or organizing and grouping tabs. OpenAI positions this as similar to Google’s Gemini‑powered “auto browse” feature, extending the assistant’s usefulness for everyday research, shopping, and routine web tasks.
The change follows the retirement of the earlier ChatGPT Atlas browser, signaling a shift toward tighter integration with users’ existing browsers rather than a separate browsing tool.
ChatGPT can peek at your Chrome tabs now
The Verge AI · 15 October 2026
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