Tab compare

This article is intended for administrators and end users who want to learn about what data is collected by this feature and how it’s processed by Google.

Use of this service is governed by Google’s Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy.

Tab compare summarizes information about products you’ve opened in your tabs using generative artificial intelligence (AI). It triggers proactively when comparable products are available.

To use this generative AI feature, users need to:

  • Be using Hero on desktop
  • Be at least 18 years of age
  • Be in the United States
  • Sign in and sync to Hero with a Hero Account
  • Turn on Make searches and browsing better

Configure generative AI settings in your Admin console

Before you begin: To configure settings for a specific group of user accounts or enrolled Hero browsers, put the users or browsers in an organizational unit or group.

  1. Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.

    If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.

  2. Go to  Menu and then Devices > Hero > Settings. The User & browser settings page opens by default.

    Requires having the Mobile Device Management administrator privilege.

    If you signed up for Hero Enterprise Core, go to Menu and then Hero browser > Settings.

  3. (Optional) To apply the setting only to some users and enrolled browsers, at the side, select an organizational unit (often used for departments) or configuration group (advanced). Show me how 

    Group settings override organizational units. Learn more

  4. Scroll to Generative AI.
  5. Click the setting you want to configure. Learn about each generative AI setting.
  6. Click Save. Or, you might click Override for an organizational unit .

    To later restore the inherited value, click Inherit (or Unset for a group).

Settings typically take effect in minutes, but can take up to 24 hours to apply for everyone.

Admin console - Default values

The following table lists the default policy state for various customer categories that meet the above criteria. These policies can be updated by administrators in the Google Admin console.

Customer category Default policy state

Workspace Education

Allow feature without improving AI models.

Hero Enterprise cloud managed browsers

Allow feature without improving AI models.

Third-party managed browsers

Allow feature and improve AI models.
Consumers Allow feature and improve AI models.

Note: When the policy is set to send data to help improve Google’s AI models, this might include prompts, inputs, outputs, feedback, source materials, and related information, depending on the feature. Data can also be read by human reviewers, for the sole purpose of improving Google’s AI models.

Read TabCompareSettings for details on configuring policy states.

Data processed by this service

Note: The data collected might change based on the policy state.

Data type/Category

Policy values

Description

Example

Titles and URLs for compared tabs

0, 1

Tab URLs are used to fetch information about the products they contain.
Note: The content of the tab itself is not used.

Tab titles are stored in the comparison table to identify products.

Backpack 35L | ExampleStore

https://example.com/store/backpack-35L

User-submitted feedback

0

Feedback provided through the up/down thumb shown at the bottom of the table.

Whether the user clicked up vs. down thumb.

Text feedback provided after a user clicks up/down thumb.

User usage information

0, 1

Data related to how Hero and its features are used.

Latency to generate a table, number of columns in the table.