Google launches Disco browser, giving ChatGPT Atlas a direct competition, learn about its features
Google Disco is a new AI-centric browser that runs on the Gemini 3 model. Its focus isn't on chatbots, but on AI-generated apps. The company is currently making it available to macOS users via a waitlist.
Google has launched a new experimental AI-first browser called Disco. This browser will directly compete with ChatGPT Atlas. This browser automatically creates custom web apps based on a user's browsing activity.
Google claims that Disco builds AI into the browser's foundation, rather than adding AI to traditional browsers. This launch comes at a time when competition among tech companies for AI browsers is intensifying. Let's learn about the features of the Google Disco browser…
Features of Google Disco
Google Disco is designed to integrate AI into every aspect of the browser. While browsers like ChatGPT Atlas add a layer of AI on top of the traditional web experience, Disco puts AI at the core from the start.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described Atlas as a product that would end Chrome's 17-year dominance. In response, Google has attempted to reimagine the very way the browser works with Disco.
GenTabs feature becomes Disco's biggest strength
Disco's most notable feature is GenTabs, which is based on Google's Gemini 3 AI model. This feature analyzes open tabs and turns them into interactive apps.
For example, travel research automatically creates a trip planner with maps and itineraries. Studying or researching automatically creates visual tools and learning aids, while meal planning creates an app with recipes and shopping lists.
How is Disco different from Atlas, Comet and Edge?
Browsers like ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity Comet, and Microsoft Edge with Copilot focus on adding AI chat panels. Atlas offers features like a right-click AI menu and agent-based tasks, but it still functions like a traditional browser.
In contrast, Disco features AI-generated apps as the core of the browser. Users can customize these apps with natural language commands, and all output remains tied to the original source.
How can it be used?
Google has currently released Disco via a waitlist for macOS users and describes it as a discovery vehicle. The company says that ideas tested here may be incorporated into Chrome or other products in the future.
However, many Google Labs projects have been discontinued in the past, so questions remain about Disco's longevity. Nevertheless, it's clear that the browser battle for AI has reached a new level, and Google isn't taking it lightly.