5 Chrome features I use all the time as a college student

Google Chrome is an integral part of my daily life as a student. It’s seen me through countless group projects, late-night cram sessions and even applying to summer internships — I applied to my Chrome internship right from Chrome itself! As I wrap up my internship and gear up for the Fall 2025 college semester, here are some of my favorite features in Chrome I already know I’ll lean on heavily when I get back to school.

1. Gemini in Chrome

Gemini in Chrome ¹ is helping me learn better than ever. If I’m studying compound interest for my finance class and it’s just not clicking after a few rereads, I can tap the Gemini icon in the top right corner and ask Gemini in Chrome to help me understand it. Gemini in Chrome can break it down by using analogies I understand or even create a quiz or quick study guide to help me better understand the topic.

2. Account switching on iOS

Account switching on Chrome helps me keep my school and personal browsing separate. My school account keeps all my school bookmarks and logins for my school portal, online library, internship applications and more in one place. My personal account separately holds my shopping carts, trip plans and concert tickets that are pending purchase. I’m free of mix-ups or distractions, and can easily change between my school and personal browsing without needing to sign out.

3. Audio Overviews on Android

Audio Overviews are a new AI feature coming to Chrome on Android later this year that distills information from any webpage into a 1-2 minute conversational summary so you get the main points quickly. Say I’m on the way to an exam and I want to brush up on the key concepts on the walk there. I can navigate to my study guide, a chapter of my online textbook or a relevant article and select Listen to this page to hear a brief refresher.

4. Saved Tab Groups

Tab groups made me way more productive on desktop — and now they make my workflows accessible from anywhere, including mobile. When you make or edit a tab group, your changes are automatically saved across your signed-in devices. Sometimes I’ll start opening tabs for sources and articles while working on a research project on my laptop at the library, but then I have to head to class or catch the bus home. Thanks to saved tab groups, I don’t have to email myself links or try to remember what I was working on. I just open Chrome on my phone, and all my tab groups are right there, exactly how I left them.

5. Google Lens in Chrome

Google Lens in Chrome is a lifesaver for school. I can use it to search anything on a page and get results without opening a new tab. Let’s say I'm stuck on a physics problem in my online textbook or a PDF worksheet. I can use Google Lens in Chrome to select the exact problem, and get an AI Overview with step-by-step instructions to help me better understand how to solve it.

No matter your major, these features can help you do your best this semester. For students, there’s no place like Chrome!