Google Chrome autofill can now pull details from your Gmail

Chrome's autofill has mostly handled the basics, such as your name, address and saved cards. Starting Wednesday, it can also suggest details from your Gmail inbox. In a post on Google's Chrome blog, the company says enhanced autofill can now surface "order numbers, tracking information, and flight bookings" while you fill out a form. According to 9to5Google, an extra entry labeled "Suggested by Gemini" shows up in the autofill menu when Gemini finds a match in your inbox.

Who gets it

The feature is rolling out in the US on desktop, Android and iOS. It only works for people who use Gemini in Chrome with Personal Intelligence turned on, the setting that lets Gemini read connected Google apps such as Gmail. Google's Gemini help page lists the requirements: a personal Google account, an age of 18 or older and Keep Activity switched on. Work, school and supervised accounts are excluded.

People in Europe will not see it for now. Google says Personal Intelligence is not available in the European Economic Area, Switzerland or the UK, among other places. Google already keeps the EU out of other Gmail features, including Gemini's Gmail access in Android Auto and the privacy policy change that lets connected Gmail data shape ads in the US.

What Google collects

The blog post only says that "sensitive data is encrypted and you remain in control." It does not say whether Gmail content is used to train models. Google's admin help page for enhanced autofill goes further. It lists page content, the page URL and your interactions with autofill suggestions among the data the feature handles. For consumers, the default setting is "Allow feature and improve AI models." In that mode, "Data can also be read by human reviewers, for the sole purpose of improving Google's AI models," the page says. Browsers managed by companies and schools default to the option without model training.

Giving an AI assistant access to your inbox also opens new ways to attack it. In August, researchers showed that a single email could hijack five AI browsers, Gemini in Chrome among them.

How to turn it off

9to5Google reports that you can remove individual suggestions. To switch the feature off entirely, open Chrome's settings, go to Autofill and passwords and turn off Enhanced autofill. To stop Gemini from reading Gmail at all, disconnect Gmail under Connected Apps in Gemini's settings. Our guide explains how to opt out of AI training at Google, OpenAI and Meta.