{
  "id": 16929737,
  "title": "Chrome’s AI-powered Autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/chromes-ai-powered-autofill-can-now-dig-through-your-gmail-to-fill",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-28T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCrunch",
    "slug": "techcrunch",
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/chromes-ai-powered-autofill-can-now-dig-through-your-gmail-to-fill-out-forms/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google is enhancing its Chrome browser with an advanced AI-powered autofill feature, expanding its capabilities by tapping into users' Gmail accounts. This innovation allows Chrome to suggest crucial information such as flight confirmations, membership IDs, tracking details, order numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information when filling out online forms. This update is a part of Google's Personal Intelligence, which already connects users' Google Apps to its AI assistant, Gemini, to retrieve specific details and utilize them in answering complex queries.\n\nAlthough seemingly insignificant, this update could significantly improve Chrome's user experience, potentially making it an even more compelling reason for users to stick with Google's browser and remain within its AI-driven ecosystem. The feature bears resemblance to Apple's popular option of automatically detecting verification codes sent through text and displaying them above the keyboard for instant entry.\n\nUsers have the flexibility to enable or disable this enhanced autofill feature in their Chrome settings. Google assures that any sensitive data used for this purpose will be encrypted. The feature is set to roll out to U.S. desktop users, as well as to the iOS and Android apps of Gemini within Chrome.",
  "summary": "The autofill update lets Chrome pull flight confirmations, tracking info, order details, and other information from your inbox, with your permission.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Firefox’s Smart Window adds AI form filling and webpage monitoring",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/firefoxs-smart-window-adds-ai-form-filling-and-webpage-monitoring",
        "published": "2026-10-27T16:14:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Firefox’s AI-powered Smart Window gets form autofill and website monitoring",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/firefoxs-ai-powered-smart-window-gets-form-autofill-and-website",
        "published": "2026-10-27T21:43:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tech.eu",
        "title": "Magic Vision lands €600K for AI-powered monitoring solution Silver Eye",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/magic-vision-lands-600k-for-ai-powered-monitoring-solution-silver-eye",
        "published": "2026-10-28T11:07:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}