Google launches Skills in Chrome to reuse prompts with one click

Summary

Google announced on April 14, 2026 the launch of Skills in Chrome, a new Gemini in Chrome feature that lets users save and reuse useful prompts with a single click. The company presents it as a way to repeat AI workflows without rewriting the same request across different webpages.

According to Google, the feature addresses a simple problem: until now, repeating an AI task in the browser meant re-entering the same prompt every time the user visited a new page. With Skills, that prompt can be saved and triggered instantly.

In practice

Google says that when a user writes a prompt they want to reuse, they can save it directly from chat history as a Skill. That Skill can then be triggered in Gemini in Chrome by typing `/` or clicking the `+` button. The Skill runs on the current page and can also work across other selected tabs.

The company also says users can edit saved Skills, create new ones, and use a library of ready-made Skills for common tasks and workflows.

Context

In the examples shared by Google, Skills can be used to calculate nutrition information in recipes, compare product specifications across tabs, or scan long documents for important information. The company frames the feature as part of a more repeatable and efficient AI-assisted browsing experience.

Google says Skills use the same safeguards as Gemini in Chrome and that some actions still require confirmation. The rollout started on desktop for Mac, Windows, and ChromeOS with Chrome set to English-US.

Why it matters

• It turns useful prompts into reusable browser workflows.
• It moves the browser closer to being a practical AI automation layer.
• It gives Google a way to deepen recurring usage of Gemini in Chrome.
• It shows that AI competition is also shifting toward the browsing interface itself.