OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Chrome extension to read open browser tabs

OpenAI has upgraded ChatGPT’s Google Chrome extension, adding the ability to read a user’s open browser tabs. After installing the extension, users can tag Chrome inside the ChatGPT web app or desktop app, allowing ChatGPT to access tab content and deliver more targeted responses or help complete tasks. OpenAI also shared a demo video showing a user asking ChatGPT to compare sofa information across several open tabs. The update was cited by The Verge AI. The announcement points to a tighter connection between ChatGPT and the user’s live browsing context, with the extension designed to pull information directly from tabs that are already open rather than relying only on manually pasted text or links. The example shown by OpenAI focuses on shopping-style comparison across multiple pages.