Google expands Gemini in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand — 50+ new languages

Google expanded Gemini in Chrome to India, Canada, and New Zealand on March 11, adding support for more than 50 additional languages including Hindi, French, and Spanish. Built on Gemini 3.1, the feature runs in a Chrome side panel and can summarize pages, draft emails through Gmail integration, cross-reference content across multiple open tabs, and engage in live voice conversation. The rollout covers Mac, Windows, and Chromebook users in the newly added regions. Google's Nano Banana 2 image transformation model is also included, letting users prompt-edit images on any webpage without uploading files.

India is the scale play here. It's the world's second-largest internet user base, English-literate at the top of the market but Hindi-dominant in the mass market — and now both are covered. Adding Hindi at the Gemini-in-browser layer is different from adding it to an app: Chrome is already the installed browser. Google is activating AI in an environment users are already in, with zero installation friction.