Google Disco Wants To Turn Your Tabs Into Custom Apps

Google just dropped a new Google Labs experiment called Disco. The pitch is refreshingly basic: you’ve got too many tabs, and your brain is melting. Disco tries to turn that messy pile of research into a clean, task-focused mini app.

The key feature is GenTabs, powered by Gemini 3. You open the pages you need, tell Disco what you’re trying to do, and it builds an interactive workspace from your tabs.

Say Hello To Disco!

On December 11, 2025, Google introduced Disco as a new Labs experiment aimed at exploring “the future of the web,” with GenTabs as the first big idea.

Importantly, Google isn’t pitching this as “Chrome but AI.” Instead, Disco reads like a sandbox where the team can test a new browsing workflow in public.

The Down And Dirty Details About Google Disco

What GenTabs Are Supposed To Do

GenTabs is Disco’s whole reason to exist. It starts with the tabs you already opened for a project. Then you tell Disco your goal. After that, it generates an interactive workspace around those pages.

In practice, that workspace can look like a planner, a comparison board, a checklist, or a simple dashboard. The point is to stop bouncing between 20 sites and start working in one place.

Also, GenTabs isn’t supposed to “replace the web.” It’s more like a layer on top of it. The generated bits should still point back to the pages you used.

Who Can Try Disco Right Now

This is not a wide release.

For now, Google is running Disco as a limited test with a waitlist and a small cohort. Testing starts on macOS.

The waitlist currently targets US-based users who are 18+. Signing up doesn’t guarantee access. Additionally, some testers may need to sign an NDA.

The Privacy And Data Collection Reality

Here’s the part that matters more than the demo.

Google explicitly warns that your Disco activity can be sent to Google and logged. That can include your AI chats and your browsing activity, including page content. Google also says human reviewers may look at some of that data to help improve the system.

So, treat Disco like a prototype that’s watching. Don’t feed it anything you wouldn’t want in a research program. And don’t use it for sensitive stuff like banking, health portals, or confidential work.

Why You Should Care About Disco

Disco hints at what Google wants browsing to become. Instead of “here are links, good luck,” the browser becomes a temporary workspace that helps you finish a task.

If GenTabs works, it’s a new primitive. You still use real websites. However, the browser organizes the chaos into something usable.

That said, this also lands in the middle of the AI browser arms race. Everyone wants the browser to feel smarter. Google is just trying it in a place where it can break things without setting Chrome on fire.

Tony’s Take

Credit where it’s due: Disco targets the real problem. It’s not “search is dead.” It’s “you opened 27 tabs and now you can’t remember why.”

Still, the privacy language is not subtle. The logging and human review warning is blunt enough that I’d treat this like a dev build. Test it on a spare profile or machine. Keep it away from anything personal.

If Google can make GenTabs consistently useful and give people sane controls, this could absolutely show up in mainstream products later. If it can’t, Disco will join the long list of slick experiments that made sense in a demo and nowhere else.

What To Keep An Eye Out For

• Broader access: when (or if) Disco expands beyond macOS-first testing and the current US-only waitlist.
• Controls: whether Google adds stronger privacy options, clearer boundaries, and better visibility into what gets captured.
• Save and share: whether GenTabs stay ephemeral or become exportable artifacts you can reuse.