Chrome-Assist is a powerful, on-device Chrome extension powered by Gemini Nano, designed to streamline your browsing and text-related tasks. With intuitive features and keyboard shortcuts, you can effortlessly summarize, transliterate, rewrite, compose, and even explain the current webpage directly in your Chrome browser.
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🔍 Summarize Text:
Quickly generate summaries in various formats, like “tl;dr” or key points. -
🌐 Transliterate Text:
Convert selected text from English to other languages in real time using the transliteration feature. -
📝 Rewrite Text:
Adapt the tone or style of selected text to suit any context, such as formal, casual, or neutral. -
✍️ Compose Text:
Generate new content with customizable tones (e.g., formal, casual, neutral) and lengths. -
🗂️ Explain the Current Webpage:
Ask Chrome-Assist to explain the content of the webpage you're currently on for a quick understanding. -
📖 Summarize Bookmarks:
Quickly recall articles with titles, extracted keywords, and concise summaries. -
🔎 Enhance Web Search Queries:
Use Gemini Nano to enrich search queries, offering context-rich and discoverable results. -
⚙️ Customizable Settings:
Tailor output preferences for length, tone, and format. -
🔒 On-Device Processing:
Ensures privacy and security by performing all operations locally on your device.
🌐 Chrome-Assist APIs are available with an experimental flag on Chrome 129+ for desktop and Android.
🔗 To stay up to date, use:
⚠️ Required Version: Chrome 129.0.6639.0 or above.
Simply download the latest build from the Releases Section and follow these steps to get started:
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Download the Latest Build:
Download the ZIP file from the release page. -
Unpack and Load the Extension:
- Extract the ZIP file to a local folder.
- Open Chrome and navigate to
chrome://extensions. - Enable Developer mode (toggle in the top-right corner).
- Click Load unpacked and select the extracted folder.
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🛡️ Grant Necessary Permissions:
Chrome-Assist requires permissions for storage, scripting, and active tabs.
You may also build the extension by cloning this repository and starting from the 2nd step above.
- Right-click on selected text or a page.
- Choose the desired action from the context menu or open the side panel.
- ✅ The output will display in the side panel.
- 🔍 Summarize:
Alt + Shift + S - ✏️ Rewrite:
Alt + Shift + R - ✍️ Compose:
Alt + Shift + W
- Open the side panel.
- Select the Explain Page option, or use the text or voice input on the homepage to trigger the explanation.
For a quick walkthrough of Chrome-Assist's features, watch our YouTube Demo.
💡 Experience the power of privacy-focused AI browser assistance with Chrome-Assist!
For more details on setup and features, visit the Wiki.
Download the latest release now and transform your browsing experience. 🌟