Google has introduced a new AI experiment called Disco, powered by Gemini 3, aimed at transforming your open browser tabs into personalized applications.
Its main feature, GenTabs, analyzes what users are viewing and automatically suggests interactive tools to complete related tasks.
Users can also create their own apps by simply typing prompts.
For instance:
Students researching a topic could generate visualization tools to understand complex concepts.
Casual users could create a meal planner from recipe tabs or a travel organizer from trip-related searches.
How GenTabs Works
Unlike typical AI chatbots, GenTabs builds custom applications directly from browser content. It uses:
Active web pages
User’s Gemini chat history
This allows it to generate context-aware tools on the fly.
Users can further customize these apps using natural language commands.
Google emphasizes that all AI-generated content links back to original online sources, ensuring transparency.
GenTabs goes beyond single-tab interactions.
It considers the user’s entire browsing session across multiple tabs, supporting research, learning, planning, and productivity without leaving the browser.
Testing and Availability
Currently, Disco is available to a limited group of testers through Google Labs on macOS. Feedback from this testing will help shape future development.
Google also hints that successful Disco features could be integrated into larger products, with GenTabs being the first of several planned functionalities.
Users interested in trying the experiment must join a waitlist for access.
In Short:
Google’s Disco lets you turn your browser tabs into custom AI apps using GenTabs.
It creates context-aware tools from your web activity and chat history, currently available for limited macOS testing, with the potential to influence future Google products.
