Google is taking a big swing at the core browser / search interface for the first time They're testing GenTabs, which turns a user's open tabs into a custom web app (ex. to plan a trip) 👇 The user can text prompt the web app to make changes

Labs is cooking

every agentic browser company rn:

Sigh, not another “book a reservation” demo. When will people stop using this tired troupe? Google love this demo. They do it with every tech. There are better options like anything

I’m starting to see a pattern here: using trip planning and booking as a product demo is a clear sign of not knowing that PMF might look like IAW A solution looking for a problem

Man, this reminds me of the Google Spaces vision from @LukeW & others 10+ years ago, now made vastly more interactive. I'll have to try it for trip planning!

Where do the ads go?

Fuck ya hyped for this. Probably will utilize local browser storage more too making it safer & cheaper.

very cool

If this works, the browser stops being a viewer and becomes a workspace. Huge implications for productivity tools.

This feels like Google testing whether they can own the "workspace" layer before someone else does. The browser has always been a collection of isolated tabs. If they can turn that into a cohesive, editable workspace, they're redefining how people interact with information online. The challenge will be whether people actually want this or if it introduces more friction than it solves. Most browser innovations fail because they add complexity to something that already works well enough.

AI is more search than compute. The generated UI is the optimal way to request feedback from the user.

Arc SplitView, but more complicated

Vibe coding is dead. Nobody wants an app built by vibe coders. People want to get things done and the AI will serve the best interface to help you do it.

Tabs are getting out of hand. Is this their solution to JavaScript being a horrible mess of a language? Now with AI coders. I notice JavaScript is only used by rookie/novice promoters while the intermediate/senior context window engineers don’t use JavaScript

Nice demo

i think they had no other option with the launches of atlas and comet.

hole smokes. i will generate my own Booking with this easily.

google's cool again

that wil bring such a relief n utility addictive to have 20 tabs open😅

That's insane. Almost like an Apple-like move. If they pull it off across devices, it's over.

I’m looking forward to trying it out I’m a chronic tabs open guy. This might reward my habit.

Interesting. About time they changed this set up

I don’t use Google search anymore. All it does is serve up ads.

GenTabs is next-level browser innovation

This confirms the shift: Context is the new Code. Google uses your 'Tabs' as the context to build a mini-app. For building real software, we use ProdMoh to curate the context. Instead of open tabs, we feed the AI rigorous PRDs, Compliance Rules, and Architecture. Different context, same 'Prompt-to-App' revolution.

It's hard to imagine the variety of interactions on future pages.

@geoffreylitt

This is fucking cool. Wow.

Why is it always plan a trip? Are people that bad at planning trips? 🤦🏽‍♂️

I am yet to notice this on my tabs

A non-deterministic agent with cross-origin DOM control is not an interface; it is a structural commitment to privileged chaos and inevitable render-tree collapse.

Yawn

This is pretty interesting, a reason why I have so many tabs and pages open at a time, this would be a good way to stay organized and multitask

This UX is what I imagine @joshm landed on for Dia agent context with agents tied to the new Tab Groups just launched

Is it live or not yet?