GoKawiilDhruv Bhutani / Android Authority
Web browsers are our window to quite literally everything on the internet. That’s why all the top AI companies scrambled to launch their own web browsers — it allowed them to better see and understand exactly what you are looking at. However, web browsers are a tricky habit to break, and as a result, ChatGPT Atlas — OpenAI’s own AI-first web browser that perhaps not many knew existed — is sunsetting next month.
ChatGPT has its own reason to kill its browser, but don’t let this decision make you believe that AI browsers are doomed. As a matter of fact, they’re only going to become a more ingrained part of our lives, just as web browsers themselves did back in the day.
As ChatGPT Atlas shuts down, here are some of the best AI web browsers that you can try out instead.
Which company do you think is building the best AI browser? 2 votes Google 50 % Perplexity 0 % Microsoft 0 % The Browser Company 50 % Brave 0 %
Google Chrome
Akshay Gangwar / Android Authority
Google Chrome needs no introduction. It has already been the most popular web browser of all time, and all the other alternatives have been jostling to make space for themselves. But Google further increased that divide by integrating Gemini directly into its browser. Gemini now sits in the upper-right corner of the browser, where you can chat about any of your tabs for things like product comparisons, customizing recipes, getting technical insights, and whatnot.
Every single browser has an AI sidebar these days, but Chrome one-ups them with Gemini Live integration, helping you interact with AI in real time. Google is already experimenting with turning on Gemini’s agentic mode inside Chrome, letting it control tabs and do stuff on your behalf. And except for the agentic features, everything is bundled for free, so you don’t have to spend a dime extra.
Chrome is quickly becoming one of the most capable AI web browsers, thanks to Google’s strong vertical integration — tempting enough that it made me jump ships.
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