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Googlebooks’ Magic Pointer is also coming to Gemini in Chrome

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TL;DR Google says its new AI-powered Magic Pointer experience is now rolling out to Gemini in Chrome.

The feature lets Gemini understand what your cursor is pointing at so you can interact with webpage content more naturally.

Google also shared new details about the thinking behind Magic Pointer.

Google just gave us our first look at Magic Pointer, the new AI-powered cursor experience coming to its newly announced Googlebook laptops. The company has now confirmed that Magic Pointer won’t be limited to Googlebooks, and that the experience is also headed to Gemini in Chrome.

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In a new blog post, researchers from Google DeepMind detailed the ideas and interaction principles behind Magic Pointer.

DeepMind says the mouse pointer has “barely evolved in more than half a century,” and Google now wants to change that with Gemini-powered contextual understanding.

The goal is to create “intuitive AI that meets users across all the tools they use, without interrupting their flow.”

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