Nandu Nair

Father. Technical Program Manager at Google. Ex-Microsoft. Failed entrepreneur, constant learner. Wannabe photographer. Hindu. Opinions are my own.

[Chrome for Developers @ChromiumDev]

Side-by-side test for building dialogs: standard agent vs. agent with Modern Web Guidance 🏁

Both generate similar UIs, but the guided version skips four separate event listeners in favor of `commandfor` and `command` attributes, with less code overall.

Which approach would you rather maintain in your codebase? → https://t.co/OlV78OR3kc

[Chrome for Developers @ChromiumDev]

See how Modern Web Guidance helps your coding agent write a swipe-to-remove feature. Compare side-by-side with an unassisted agent 🧵⬇️

[Google for Developers @googledevs]

Interactive 3D UIs just got a major upgrade. 🌐

With HTML-in-Canvas, you can interact with text, sliders, and DevTools directly inside a texture with seamless, real-time updates.

🔗 Experience the full session here: https://t.co/UJFXKrpxbz

[Phil Walton @philwalton]

My talk on Modern Web Guidance is up! https://t.co/keNQNUAynK

This talk is a deep dive into how Modern Web Guidance works and why it's useful.

👉 Make sure you watch until the end, where I show some live demos that really highlight this tool's capabilities!

[Chrome for Developers @ChromiumDev]

Ensure your coding agents build apps that are modern, fast, & secure by default → https://t.co/TAdQTHdXRc

We just announced Modern Web Guidance at #GoogleIO. By injecting AI-ready skills and modern features—complete with Baseline Widely Available fallbacks—it ensures your agent keeps up with the latest web features🧵

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Gemini in @googlechrome is rolling out today to our users in India, New Zealand, & Canada! ✨🇮🇳🇳🇿🇨🇦

We’re also now supporting 50+ more languages, including Hindi, French, and Spanish.

More details in https://t.co/ilMQIbIczu & keep the feedback coming!

[Google @Google]

We’re launching full-length, on demand practice exams for standardized tests in @GeminiApp, starting with the SAT, available now at no cost.

Practice SATs are grounded in rigorously vetted content in partnership with @ThePrincetonRev, and Gemini will provide immediate feedback highlighting where you excelled and where you might need to study more.

To try it out, tell Gemini, “I want to take a practice SAT test.”

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Gemini 3 Flash rolling out to @googlechrome now, so you can get faster & more precise results right in your browser! 🕸️✨

Congrats to everyone who had a hand in today’s launch! 🚀🥳

[Chrome for Developers @ChromiumDev]

🕵️‍♂️ Stop investigating complex UI libraries.

New web features are on the case, so you can build powerful, performant, and interactive app-like experiences easier than ever → https://t.co/zRL3dn2HTd

[Una 🇺🇦 @Una]

🎉 And we're live! 🎉

We just launched CSS Wrapped 2025: our annual recap of all things CSS & web UI that landed in Chrome over the course of the year. 🚀

This is a big one! We highlighted 22 new features to help you build better on the web.

Check out: https://t.co/bdqB5Y4smN

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Big updates from @googlechrome team!

In our latest Behind the Browser, we share how AI is helping us deliver on our mission of making the web work better for you. Full scoop at https://t.co/sHPxLYbLvc & here are some highlights:

✨ Gemini in Chrome now works across your tabs, helping you compare sites, recall info, and more.

🔎 A more powerful Chrome omnibox, with built-in AI Mode to help with your toughest questions.

🛡️ AI-powered safety features that block more scams and spam & help you change a compromised password with one click.

🤖 Agentic capabilities! We preview how Gemini in Chrome will soon go beyond helping you get things done to helping do things for you.

Learn more at https://t.co/sHPxLYbLvc & proud of the team for all their hard work! 👏

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

From the beginning, we had clear goals for Chrome: simplicity, speed, and security. 

And now with AI, we have a chance to make the browser even safer, more intelligent and helpful. 

Our next Chrome era is just beginning…

[Chrome for Developers @ChromiumDev]

Your new dev handle just dropped. 🤯

Your project goal + Baseline target + coding fuel = your new identity. Find your Baseline target → https://t.co/8BUphy7gTp

Post your new handle below ⬇️ #WhatsMyBaseline

[Parisa Tabriz @laparisa]

Congrats to the winners & everyone that submitted a project!

Thanks for sharing your creativity, ingenuity, and inspiring examples of what's possible on the web and in Chrome with built-in AI models. 👏😍🥳🕸️✨

[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

Thrilled to kick off the Gemini 2.0 era with Gemini 2.0 Flash, an update to our workhorse model that outperforms even 1.5 Pro at twice the speed. It has really great multilingual skills, and can natively call tools, like Google Search. It’s the first release in the Gemini 2.0 family of models, with more to come soon.

This is really just the beginning. 2025 will be the year of AI agents and Gemini 2.0 will be the generation of models that underpin our agent-based work. We’re sharing a set of prototypes made possible by 2.0 Flash’s new capabilities: including an update to Project Astra, our vision for a universal AI assistant; the new Project Mariner, which explores the future of human-agent interaction, starting with your browser; and Jules, an AI-powered code agent that can help developers.

We’re also sharing a few other easter eggs, like: agents that help you navigate video games, which builds on our rich heritage of games breakthroughs in AI, and agents for robotics.

[Chrome for Developers @ChromiumDev]

Give your users a better experience with the Page Lifecycle API. Build apps that play well with the browser's resource management – for a smoother, more efficient web.

See how: https://t.co/hcvr92xa4l

[Addy Osmani @addyosmani]

Introducing AI Assistance in @ChromeDevTools! 🤯🚀

Ever wish you could have a coding buddy to help you with CSS and layout? Well, your wish is granted! The new AI Assistance in Chrome DevTools is here to make your life as a developer easier, powered by Gemini.

The new panel aims to help you find and fix issues. Just ask it questions about your code, and it provides tailored explanations and even suggests solutions. This is our first exploration into agentic AI in DevTools and we're excited to hear what you think of it.

Some key features:

1. Conversational prompts: Get tailored suggestions and code snippets.
2. Contextual understanding: AI understands the code you're working on.
3. Step-by-step guidance: Get help with everything from styling to debugging.

Want to see it in action? Check out my screencast below to see how I used it to add a dark mode.

[Chrome DevTools @ChromeDevTools]

✨ More Gemini is coming to DevTools! ✨ Try the new experimental AI assistance panel in Chrome Canary 131 and later to get help understanding layouts and debugging your CSS. Learn more at https://t.co/TWJ01bJKkY

[Jason Mayes @jason_mayes]

We're putting on the 1st ever #WebAI summit +would love for YOU to join us IN PERSON for this historic event at the @Google offices in Sunnyvale on October 18th if you are able! Sign up today if you can make it IRL using code QNL97A4C here before seats go: https://t.co/tpCOXtysy5

[Una 🇺🇦 @Una]

My talk from #GoogleIO is LIVE!

https://t.co/hF1Os6L9yu

I cover:

- Scroll-driven animations
- Updates in view transitions
- The popover API
- Anchor positioning
- What's next (like stylable select and invoketarget)
- And a speedrun of improvements in architecture, layout, typography, and more!