GoKawiilMegan Ellis / Android Authority
Usually, when Google announces its latest AI-powered feature in Chrome, I don’t feel like I’m missing out on much. But that changed when the company announced Skills in Chrome.
The feature, which lets you set shortcuts for specific prompts, is handy in a number of ways. And while I did feel envy for the first time in a long time, it wasn’t enough to tempt me back to the browser.
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Chrome now lets you save prompts as Skills
If you use Chrome on desktop in a supported region, you’ll have access to Google’s Gemini chatbot in the browser through an icon and a dedicated sidebar. This allows you to ask Gemini about the tab (or tabs) you have open through a dedicated chat where you can adjust the model and attach files.
However, if you run prompts frequently, this process is now a lot more convenient thanks to Skills. The feature allows you to save a specific prompt as a skill, which you can then access by typing a forward slash ( / ) into the Gemini chat and selecting the shortcut.
The feature is endlessly versatile. For example, if you frequently substitute ingredients in recipes, you can save a skill that includes what you would like to substitute. For me, I often look for vegetarian alternatives or ways I can make a recipe simpler.
Skills in Chrome can be used for summarizing pages, extracting text, comparing products, and a variety of helpful tasks.
You could also have skills for processing web pages, such as summarizing content or extracting text from images. You can even find related topics and sites to explore based on the article you’re reading.
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