Chrome's autofill feature now accesses Gmail for form completion
Google's browser expands autofill capabilities to pull flight confirmations, tracking information and order details from users' email accounts.
At a glance
- Chrome autofill can now access Gmail to retrieve flight confirmations, tracking info and order details
- The feature requires user permission to access email data
- This builds on previous autofill improvements that sourced data from Google Accounts and Google Wallet
- The update uses Gemini with Personal Intelligence technology
Chrome's enhanced autofill feature is expanding to access information from users' Gmail accounts to help complete online forms. The update allows the browser to pull flight confirmations, tracking information, order details and other data from email inboxes, subject to user permission.
This represents an expansion of Chrome's autofill capabilities, which previously drew information such as names, passport numbers, email addresses and physical addresses from Google Accounts and services including Google Wallet. The feature uses Gemini with Personal Intelligence technology.
Why it matters
The expansion integrates Chrome more deeply with Google's services, potentially streamlining form-filling for users while raising questions about data access and privacy.
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