Google debuts ‘Disco,’ a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs

Google on Thursday introduced a new AI experiment for the web browser: the Gemini-powered product Disco, which allows you to turn your open tabs into custom applications. Disco lets you create what Google calls “GenTabs,” a tool that proactively suggests interactive web apps that can help you complete tasks related to what you’re browsing and lets you build your own apps via written prompts.

For example, if you are studying a particular topic, GenTabs may suggest building a web app to visualize the information, helping you better understand the core principles.

Or, in a less academic scenario, you can use GenTabs to help you create a meal plan from a set of online recipes or to help you plan a trip while you research travel.

These are things you can already do today with some AI-powered chatbots, but GenTabs builds these custom experiences in a snap using Gemini 3, using the information in your browser and in your Gemini chat history. Once the app is built, you can also continue to refine it using natural language commands.

The resulting generative elements in the GenTabs experience will link back to the original sources, Google notes.

Like others in the AI ​​market, Google has been experimenting with bringing AI more deeply into the browsing experience. Instead of building your own standalone AI browser like Perplexity’s Comet or ChatGPT Atlas, Google integrated its AI assistant Gemini in the Chrome browser, where it can optionally be used to ask questions about the web page you are on.

With GenTabs, the focus is not just on what you’re currently viewing, but also on your overall browsing, spread across multiple tabs – whether that’s research, learning, or something else.

However, the feature will initially only be available to a small number of testers through Google Labs, who will provide feedback on the experience. The company says interesting ideas developed through Disco could one day make their way into other, larger Google products.

It also suggests that GenTabs will be one of many Disco features to arrive over time, noting that GenTabs is the “first feature” being tested.

To access Disco, users must become a member waiting list to download the app, starting on macOS.