Chrome on desktop could be Gemini Live's next stop after Android and iOS.

en.bedadung.com -- Thanks to a wealth of new integrations, the Gemini assistant is a huge help to users who are deeply involved in the Google ecosystem. These integrations give you access to some of your favorite apps as extensions within Gemini, such as Google Home, Spotify, and WhatsApp.

Additionally, the chatbot's conversational Gemini Live assistant, which can have natural-sounding spoken conversations, was made available to everyone for free in September. In September, it even made its iOS debut with a stand-alone Gemini app. The conversational assistant, for example, was previously only available to Gemini Advanced customers ($20/month).

There are indications that Google is working on incorporating the conversational assistant into Google Chrome in an effort to increase Gemini Live's usability and accessibility, at least on Chrome for the web.

A little more than a month ago, Chrome researcher Leopeva64 pointed out on X (Twitter) that turning on specific flags causes a new exclamation point icon to appear on the tab strip of Chrome. Tapping the icon, which is now a placeholder, opens a floating window that is said to contain the Gemini Live UI.

Code discovered in Chromium Gerrit indicates that the feature's internal implementation is called GLIC, which is probably Chrome's shorthand for Gemini Live. Since early November, efforts have been underway to integrate Gemini Live into Chrome; on November 8, a feature flag was added specifically for it. For the record, I find that turning on the GLIC flag in Chrome Canary adds a specific GLIC section to Chrome's Settings (more on that and a screenshot below), but it does not display the tab strip icon.

Code suggests that Chrome will work on Mac, Linux, and Windows.

Although the way GLIC is implemented on Chrome may change before it is formally released, preliminary code analysis indicates that Gemini Live will have a floating window that can be resized, a dedicated status tray icon, a Settings menu, and even a hotkey that users can probably customize for easy access. GLIC will be accessible on Chrome for Linux and Mac in addition to Windows.

Leopeva further supported the assertion that GLIC is the abbreviation for Gemini Live in Chrome by pointing out that it requires access to your microphone and location. These assertions are supported by the GLIC Settings menu, which provides toggles for location, microphone, and current tab access in addition to the option to "view and manage your activity." I have noticed that turning on the 'feature in your menu' option does not bring up the tab strip symbol. ***