Google Rolls Out Chrome Autofill That Uses Gemini to Pull Order and Flight Details From Gmail

Google is rolling out an "enhanced autofill" feature in Chrome that uses Gemini to find order numbers, tracking information and flight bookings in a user's Gmail and suggest them when a web form asks for those details. Google announced the feature on Wednesday, October 28, according to Decrypt.

What it does

The feature runs through Gemini's Personal Intelligence, which lets Gemini use connected apps such as Gmail and Google Photos.

• It is rolling out in the United States to Gemini in Chrome users who have Personal Intelligence turned on.
• It works on desktop, Android and iOS.
• Google gave no date for other countries.
• Decrypt notes that credit card numbers and addresses still come from Chrome's standard autofill, which uses details saved in the browser. Google's announcement does not say those are drawn from Gmail.

Controls and privacy

Google said users can manage whether enhanced autofill is enabled, and what it can access, in Chrome settings. Users choose whether to connect apps such as Gmail and can disconnect them at any time. Chrome's Lim wrote that "sensitive data is encrypted and you remain in control."

Google says Gemini and AI Mode do not train directly on Gmail or Google Photos content, but that it does train on limited data such as prompts and responses. Decrypt noted that the announcement does not explain how encryption applies to the Gmail content Chrome reads, or what the feature scans.

Context

The rollout follows an update to Google's privacy policy that took effect on October 16. Decrypt also pointed to criticism of a Gmail "Smart Features" setting. Separately, Google said during its third-quarter earnings call that it is expanding ads in AI Overviews and AI Mode globally, as Search revenue growth slowed to 12%, according to AI Weekly's summary of coverage.