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by nomilk 266 days ago
I typed @gemini in the searchbar and it turned blue and text switched to 'Ask Gemini' to indicate it worked (but it didn't work - Gemini says it doesn't have access to the screen/webpage).

chrome://settings/ai redirects to chrome://settings (general settings). Manually searching 'ai' brings up dozens of other settings - stuff like 'mail' (which contains 'ai' string) - but nothing Gemini-related.

On the most up to date chrome: Version 140.0.7339.186 (Official Build) (arm64)

The instructional video [0] says there should be a 'Gemini' icon on the top of the Chrome browser, but I don't have one (macOS). (do I have to have a paid Gemini account for it to be there?).

In any case, when OpenAI and Grok launch things, I usually just go and try them in about 20 seconds. By comparison Google's AI launches are tedious..

(thanks for the help btw)

[0] https://gemini.google/overview/gemini-in-chrome/
2 comments
zamadatix 266 days ago
The "Ask Gemini" thing existed before this, between that and the lack of an AI settings page it seems it's not considering the system as one of the initial supported ones (but why specifically I'm not sure).

I can confirm a paid Gemini account is not [corrected] needed.

No problem, it took me a minute to get it enabled myself - not sure why it's so special cased for what it is.

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nomilk 266 days ago
> I can confirm a paid Gemini account is needed.

Google should say this up front (or at least prompt that I need to pay) rather than wasting users' time.

The 'How do I use Gemini in Chrome?' section of their launch page doesn't say anything about that requirement either.

Anyway, </rant>. Thanks for your help.

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zamadatix 266 days ago
My apologize, I swear I tried to type "is not needed" but must have completely brain farted.

To reclarify: A paid account is NOT needed. I do not have one and it works. Do note the page says a US based Google account is needed though, it just doesn't need to be a paid gemini account.

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nomilk 266 days ago
I asked Gemini and it may says you need a US based Google account:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZifoxoUSy1vEgh2Qx8GaCsb5ywE...

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