{"slug": "chatgpt-becomes-a-full-chrome-browser-assistant-that-reads-and-acts-on-your-open", "title": "ChatGPT becomes a full Chrome browser assistant that reads and acts on your open tabs", "summary": "OpenAI's ChatGPT Chrome extension now lets the assistant read and act on users' open browser tabs, with users targeting tabs via @chrome and Chat mode pulling data from multiple tabs at once, according to OpenAI's examples posted on X. The extension's Work mode controls tabs through Computer Use to send messages, fill out forms, download files, or group tabs, and the updated extension works with all ChatGPT plans. OpenAI's examples show the tool comparing products across open tabs by size, material, shipping time, and return rules, summarizing articles, and matching price pages from different sellers.", "body_md": "# ChatGPT becomes a full Chrome browser assistant that reads and acts on your open tabs\n\n**ChatGPT can now access open tabs right in the Chrome browser and take actions on them.** Users can target open tabs with `@chrome`, while Chat mode pulls data from several tabs at once. Work mode lets the tool control tabs through Computer Use to send messages, fill out forms, download files, or group tabs. [GPT-6 Astra is the best Computer Use model](https://the-decoder.com/gpt-6-astra-is-the-first-model-making-openai-willing-to-declare-the-agi-era/) on the market right now, and it can handle complex workflows with many steps.\n\nYour full chat history now sits in the upgraded ChatGPT sidebar right next to the web page you're viewing. In OpenAI's [examples](https://x.com/ChatGPT/status/2110823741991354728), the extension compares products across open tabs by size, material, shipping time, and return rules, sums up articles in plain language, or matches up price pages from different sellers. The updated [Chrome extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chatgpt/hehggadaopoacecdllhhajmbjkdcmajg) works with all ChatGPT plans.\n\n```\nAI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive \"AI Radar\" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section.\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe now\n```\n\n[ChatGPT via X](https://x.com/ChatGPT/status/2110823738531037651)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-becomes-a-full-chrome-browser-assistant-that-reads-and-acts-on-your-open", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-becomes-a-full-chrome-browser-assistant-that-reads-and-acts-on-your-open-tabs/", "published_at": "2026-10-16 18:10:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-16 18:22:24.372731+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-agents", "generative-ai", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "ChatGPT", "Chrome", "Computer Use", "GPT-6 Astra"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-becomes-a-full-chrome-browser-assistant-that-reads-and-acts-on-your-open", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-becomes-a-full-chrome-browser-assistant-that-reads-and-acts-on-your-open.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-becomes-a-full-chrome-browser-assistant-that-reads-and-acts-on-your-open.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-becomes-a-full-chrome-browser-assistant-that-reads-and-acts-on-your-open.jsonld"}}