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Google Brings Split-Screen AI Search To Chrome

Innovative Web Exploration

Google has introduced an update to its Chrome desktop experience, expanding AI Mode with a split-screen interface that combines web browsing and conversational search. This upgrade allows users to keep a web page open alongside an AI panel, making it possible to explore content while asking follow-up questions in real time. Context is preserved throughout the session, reducing the need to restart searches or switch between multiple tabs.

Enhanced Engagement Through Contextual Search

A dual-pane interface supports more continuous interaction with information. Users can compare details, уточнювати запити, and retrieve additional insights without interrupting their workflow. Early feedback from testers highlights improved concentration during research tasks. Instead of navigating back and forth between pages, users can remain within a single view while refining their queries and exploring deeper layers of information.

Practical Applications Across Industries

Practical use cases extend across everyday and professional scenarios. When evaluating products such as a coffee maker, users can describe their needs in AI Mode and receive tailored recommendations. Selected products can then be viewed alongside the AI panel, enabling follow-up questions about features, usability, or maintenance. Academic use cases are also emerging. Students preparing for exams can combine insights from multiple sources, including open tabs, notes, and supplementary materials. This setup allows for more structured learning, as questions can evolve alongside the content being reviewed.

Streamlined Multi-Tab Integration

An additional feature introduces the ability to include multiple Chrome tabs within a single search context. Through a “plus” menu available from the New Tab page or directly within AI Mode, users can combine tabs, images, and files into one query. This expanded input enables more context-aware responses, particularly in scenarios that require comparing sources or synthesizing information from different formats.

Global Rollout And Future Prospects

Initial rollout is taking place in the United States, with broader expansion expected in future updates. This development reflects a wider shift in how users interact with the web, where browsing and search are increasingly merged into a unified experience supported by AI.

Eurobank Plans €1 Billion Investment In AI And Digital Banking By 2028

Eurobank plans to invest about €1 billion in technology from 2025 through 2028, its largest technology investment program to date. The Banking Forward strategy focuses on digital banking, artificial intelligence, customer experience and a “phygital” model combining digital services with face-to-face support.

Digital Banking Dominates Customer Activity

Digital channels already account for 96% of Eurobank transactions, with 61% completed through the Eurobank Mobile App. Among customers aged 35 and under, digital adoption reaches 94%.

Customers make about 574 million annual logins across e/m-banking and more than 1 million digital transactions each day. During the first half of 2026, one in three banking products was acquired digitally.

AI Moves Into Everyday Banking

Eurobank is expanding the use of AI through tools including EVA, its digital customer assistant, and myEVA, an AI-powered voice assistant for employees. The technology is also being applied to mortgage assessments, customer feedback analysis and contractual documents.

The bank’s technology architecture is built around five areas: digital channels, customer experience orchestration, data and AI, core banking, and infrastructure and cloud. About 50% of its applications and digital channels are already cloud-based.

Investment Extends Beyond Technology

The program is intended to reshape how Eurobank operates, combining automation and AI with employee development and human support. The bank says the approach is designed to improve services while maintaining access to face-to-face banking when customers need it.

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