🧠 Google Chrome Built-in AI Challenge 2025

Chrome Buddy

Talk to your browser — Chrome Buddy listens, understands, and helps.

Powered by Chrome's built-in AI APIs and Gemini Nano, Chrome Buddy turns your browser into your personal assistant that lives right inside your tabs.

Key Features

AI capabilities powered by Chrome's built-in APIs

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Talk to Your Browser

Voice-based conversation using Gemini Nano for real-time, on-device AI responses.

Prompt API (multimodal: audio input)
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Smart Summarization

Ask "summarize this page" and get quick, privacy-safe summaries.

Summarizer API
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Rephrase or Rewrite Text

Highlight text → right-click → "Rewrite with Chrome Buddy."

Rewriter API
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Instant Translation

"Translate this page" → fast, offline translation.

Translator API
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Proofreading

Improve writing on any web form or document.

Proofreader API
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Offline & Private

Works locally with Gemini Nano — no data leaves your device.

Client-side AI APIs

⚡ Built with LiveKit & Gemini AI

Chrome Buddy brings conversation to life using LiveKit's real-time voice infrastructure and Google's Gemini AI

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LiveKit for Real-Time Voice

  • ✓Enables low-latency, bidirectional audio streaming between you and Chrome Buddy
  • ✓Lets you speak naturally, pause, interrupt, and continue the conversation without lag
  • ✓Runs efficiently within the Chrome Extension environment — no heavy backend setup required
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Gemini for Intelligence

  • ✓Powered by Gemini Nano and the Gemini API for natural understanding
  • ✓Handles summarization, translation, and rewriting — all on-device
  • ✓Adapts to your browsing context — whether reading articles or researching online

🌍 Together, They Power Seamless Conversation

LiveKit provides the real-time voice layer, while Gemini brings natural understanding and reasoning — together, they make Chrome Buddy feel like an intelligent friend who lives inside your browser.

How It Works

Simple, powerful, and privacy-first

1. User speaks or highlights text
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2. Chrome Buddy captures input
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3. Processes with Gemini Nano via Chrome Built-in AI APIs
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4. Returns AI-generated response instantly, offline, and private

🎥 See Chrome Buddy in Action

Watch how Chrome Buddy transforms your browsing experience

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Demo Video Coming Soon

Watch Chrome Buddy demonstrate voice interaction, summarization, and more!

🔓 Open Source & GitHub

Built with transparency and community in mind

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Get Started with Chrome Buddy

Clone the repository and start building

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/shwetd19/chrome-buddy
cd chrome-buddy
npm install
npm run dev
# Load unpacked extension in Chrome Developer Mode
📄 MIT License

💬 Team & Credits

Built with passion for the future of browsing

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Shwetas Dhake

Full Stack Developer | GCP | AI & Web

Connect with me

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Built with ❤️ for the future of AI-powered browsing

🚀 Ready to talk to your browser?

Install Chrome Buddy today and start the conversation. Experience the future of AI-powered browsing.

🔒100% On-Device AI
⚡Powered by Chrome AI
🎙️Real-time Voice