Google tests GenTabs, AI-created web apps

Google is testing GenTabs, a feature that turns your open tabs and conversations into interactive web apps for specific tasks. The experiment is part of Disco, a new Google Labs browser built with Gemini 3.

The idea is simple: instead of jumping between dozens of tabs to research a topic, plan a trip, or compare information, you describe the tool you need and GenTabs creates it for you. You do not need to write code.

The feature analyzes the context of your task, including your open tabs and chat history, to suggest an app that brings together and organizes relevant information. It can also suggest tools you may not have thought to request.

From tabs to a useful tool

Imagine you are planning a trip to Japan during cherry blossom season. GenTabs could turn the pages you are consulting into an app for sorting destinations, dates, transportation, and activities.

Google also outlines other initial uses:

• Create a weekly menu based on recipes and dietary restrictions.
• Prepare a travel plan using information from multiple pages.
• Help an elementary school student learn about the planets.

Each generated element maintains a link to the original pages. That lets you check where the information comes from instead of receiving an isolated answer without context.

An experiment, not a finished product

GenTabs will be integrated into Disco, Google Labs' new experimental project for exploring how web browsing could change. The company is opening a waitlist to download and try it, initially only on macOS.

Access will begin with a small group of users. Google warns that the tool may still fail and says it will use early testers' feedback to decide what works, what needs improvement, and which features are worth developing.

That also limits what you can expect right now. GenTabs does not automatically replace all your tools, nor does it guarantee that every generated app will be correct or useful. Its purpose is to turn scattered information into an interface adapted to a specific task.

For you, the potential change lies in how you use the browser. Instead of opening a tab for each part of your research, you could ask for a tool that brings the data together, filters it, and lets you work with it. Its usefulness will depend on the quality of the sources and how well the AI interprets your goal.

Google also leaves open the possibility that Disco's most useful ideas could reach the company's larger products in the future. For now, GenTabs serves as a test of a specific direction: a browser that does not just display pages, but creates temporary tools from what you are doing on them.