The Beginning of the Era of the Knowledge Navigator?

This is a submission for the Google Cloud NEXT Writing Challenge Introduction One announcement that caught my interest at the Google NEXT 2026 event was the announcement [Kim 2026] of the feature that: “Auto browse with Gemini in Chrome...” This fascinated and intrigued me, so I dug a little deeper with this feature and used Gemini in Chrome. I tested this auto-browse feature on Chrome and prompted Gemini to see what this new feature can do. This essay is not one specific thing, but a pastiche o