Gemini Comes to Chrome Across Asia-Pacific in Fresh Rollout

Google is expanding Gemini in Chrome to Asia-Pacific users (Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam) after earlier launches in Canada, India, and New Zealand. The built-in chatbot is available on desktop Chrome and on iOS in most markets (Japan on iOS not yet), accessed via the Ask Gemini sidebar with integration to Nano Banana 2 image generation and calendar scheduling; users can unpin the Gemini shortcut if they prefer. Update notes confirm the expansion covers the full Asia-Pacific region.