Google just announced a neat little feature for its Chrome web browser. It’ll now show , to make buying stuff “safer and more efficient.”
The feature is available by clicking an icon just to the left of the web address in the browser. This creates a pop-up that spills the tea about the store’s overall reputation, with information on stuff like product quality, pricing, customer service and return policy. The AI creates these pop-ups by scanning user reviews from various partners, including Reputation.com, Reseller Ratings, ScamAdviser, Trustpilot and several others.
It’s only for US shoppers at the moment, with English being the only language available. It’s also currently tied to the desktop browser. We’ve reached out to Google to ask if and when the feature will come to mobile. The company didn’t confirm anything when .
This could help Google compete with Amazon, which already uses and the like. This is just the latest move the company has made to . Google recently introduced the ability to and makeup and it has been developing tools to provide and improved price tracking.
