Chrome's smarter autofill goes beyond passwords and reads your Gmail

Google has introduced an enhanced autofill feature in its Chrome browser, leveraging Gemini with Personal Intelligence. This upgrade goes beyond traditional autofill capabilities, suggesting information from your Gmail inbox as you complete online forms. The feature can automatically detect and display order numbers, tracking details, and flight booking codes, eliminating the need for manual searches.

Users can control the information shared, removing specific suggestions or disabling the enhanced autofill feature entirely through Chrome's settings. Currently available in the US on desktop, Android, and iPhone for users aged 18 or older with Personal Intelligence enabled, the feature is limited to using Gmail as the source of information.

It builds upon Google's earlier integration with Google Wallet, which was rolled out in July. On Android, Gmail-sourced suggestions are marked with a Gemini icon, and users can access the original email by long-pressing a suggestion and tapping "View sources." A "Remove suggestion" option allows users to dismiss unwanted or outdated information.

Deleting an email removes its associated suggestion but does not delete the email itself from the inbox. If the feature functions as intended, it promises to significantly streamline the process of filling out online forms, reducing the need to switch between tabs and manually copy details from emails.