Google Labs today announced “Disco” as an experiment to “shape the future of web browsing.” The first flagship feature of this AI browser is the Gemini 3-powered “GenTab.”
For Google, Disco is a “vehicle designed to reimagine browsing and building for the modern web.” Unsurprisingly, it is built on Chromium — just like Chrome — with some common elements, especially the design of tabs.
The web is a vast collection of applications and information, making it an incredible engine for discovery and learning. Yet, as our online tasks have grown more complex we’ve all felt the frustration of juggling dozens of open tabs to research a topic or plan a trip. We believe the web itself has the opportunity to adapt to the complexity
The first feature is called “GenTabs” and builds “interactive web applications to help you complete the tasks.” Leveraging Gemini 3, it will look at your open tabs and chat history to determine what tool best serves your prompt.
In the first example, you’re planning a trip to see the cherry blossoms in Japan. A chat column on the left lets you enter a question. Next to it is a vertical rail that lets you switch to other prompts.
Disco’s response includes links that you can open in the background with a traditional tab strip, while a trip planner is generated as the GenTab, which features a Gemini spark in lieu of a favicon. This planner includes a calendar, timelines, and maps. You get cards that note crowd levels in suggested cities, with “Tips for Managing Crowds.” Clicking “Historical Bloom Trends” or “Book Nearby Stays” above the app will update the GenTab.
Disco’s chat box can be used as an address bar, with a traditional one appearing when you visit a website. Other examples include meal and gardening planners with rich imagery and complex layouts. The “Help me learn about the solar system with a 3D interactive model” example generates the requested experience.
Google says “every generative element ties back to the web” and will link to the original sources.
You never need to write a line of code: Just describe the tool you need and refine it using natural language. Depending on your current task, it will even create suggestions for generative apps that you hadn’t thought of yet.
Google sees Disco as a way to “learn faster” and collaborate with the community about what web browsers of the future look like.
…by putting this experiment in people’s hands now, we can learn faster and together help shape the future of browsing.
Notably, Google says the most “compelling ideas from Disco may one day make their way into larger Google products,” which is presumably a reference to Chrome.
Today, Google Labs is opening a waitlist (form) to try Disco and is starting small. It’s first coming to macOS.
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