Chrome autofill can now pull tracking numbers and bookings from Gmail
Users keep control: the feature can be reviewed or switched off in Chrome settings, and its Google Photos reach is still to come.
Google has upgraded Chrome's enhanced autofill so it can suggest form entries drawn from a user's Gmail, including tracking numbers, flight and hotel bookings, and order numbers. The feature runs on Gemini with Personal Intelligence, and Google says it will later reach images stored in Google Photos. Sensitive suggestions stay encrypted, and users can review what the feature may access or switch it off in Chrome settings. The rollout started in the US on desktop, Android and iOS for people who have Personal Intelligence enabled. For developers and product teams, it is a sign that the browser is becoming a retrieval layer over personal data, not just a form filler.
Why it matters
For people who use Gmail and Chrome, filling in online forms now draws on the details in their own email, such as shipment tracking numbers, flight and hotel bookings and order numbers, without them searching for them. Sensitive suggestions stay encrypted, and the feature is limited to US users who have Personal Intelligence enabled, on desktop, Android and iOS. It also builds on earlier autofill that already drew names, passport numbers, email addresses and addresses from Google Accounts and Google Wallet. Google plans to extend it to information in Google Photos, which would widen the personal data the browser can reach.
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