Google's GenTabs Converts Your Browser Tabs Into a Web App via a New Disco Experiment

What to know

• Google has announced Disco, an experimental browser from Google Labs focused on AI-assisted browsing.
• GenTabs is Disco’s main feature, turning open tabs into task-based, interactive views using Gemini 3.
• The AI organizes and connects existing web pages instead of replacing or hiding their sources.
• Disco is in early testing with limited access, starting with a waitlist for macOS users.

Google has announced two new experiments from its Labs team: GenTabs and Disco. Both are about changing how people deal with the mess of browser tabs that pile up during work, research, or casual browsing.

Disco is an experimental browser. Google isn’t calling it a replacement for Chrome. It’s more like a test space to try new ideas around AI and browsing. The main idea is simple: instead of jumping between dozens of tabs, the browser should help you actually finish what you started.

That’s where GenTabs comes in.

GenTabs takes your open tabs and turns them into something more useful. Instead of seeing ten or twenty separate pages, you get a single, task-focused view built from those tabs. Google says this is powered by its Gemini 3 AI model.

Here’s what GenTabs is meant to do in practice:

• Look at the tabs you already have open
• Understand what you’re trying to do, based on context and prompts
• Group and reshape that information into an interactive workspace
• Let you tweak things by just typing what you want next

So if you’re researching a trip, your tabs can turn into a simple planner. If you’re studying a topic, they can turn into a structured study view. You don’t need to code anything, and you don’t need to manually organize pages.

Google is also stressing that this doesn’t replace websites. Every GenTab links back to the original sources. The AI is arranging information, not hiding where it came from.

A quick snapshot of how Disco and GenTabs fit together:

Right now, Disco is still very much an experiment. Google has opened a waitlist, starting with macOS users. There’s no timeline for a wider rollout, and no promise that this will ever become a full product.

Still, the direction is clear. Google is testing a future where browsing is less about managing tabs and more about getting outcomes. Instead of reading and clicking endlessly, the browser helps you organize, plan, and decide.

Whether people actually want their browser to work this way is another question. But for anyone drowning in tabs, this is Google’s latest attempt at fixing a very real problem.

Users who want early access can join the waitlist to download Disco and participate in testing as the tool evolves.