{"id":85763,"date":"2026-04-21T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/google-is-working-on-a-mysterious-new-chrome-tool-called-indigo\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:12:50","slug":"google-is-working-on-a-mysterious-new-chrome-tool-called-indigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/google-is-working-on-a-mysterious-new-chrome-tool-called-indigo\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is working on a mysterious new Chrome tool called &#8216;Indigo&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-content-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_7s\" style=\"max-width:1919px\"><picture class=\"e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:56.28%;aspect-ratio:1919 \/ 1080\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Chrome-search-bar-on-an-Android-phone.jpg.webp 1919w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Chrome-search-bar-on-an-Android-phone-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Chrome-search-bar-on-an-Android-phone-1000w-563h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Chrome-search-bar-on-an-Android-phone-1536w-864h.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Chrome-search-bar-on-an-Android-phone-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Chrome-search-bar-on-an-Android-phone-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Chrome-search-bar-on-an-Android-phone-1280w-720h.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Chrome-search-bar-on-an-Android-phone-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"e_nv e_8s\">\n<p>Mishal Rahman\/Android Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Image by Mishal Rahman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\" class=\"e_Ui e_e e_P\">\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google is testing a feature called &#8220;Indigo&#8221; for Chrome.<\/li>\n<li>Indigo uses AI to detect and replace images on a website.<\/li>\n<li>Refreshing the page restores the website to its original state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>Google&#8217;s Chrome browser is already packed with a number of tools, but it may be getting a new tool soon. The tech giant is currently testing a feature called &#8220;Indigo&#8221;. This tool is designed to detect images on a website and replace them with new images.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_Dk e_Ck\" data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t want to miss the best of <em>Android Authority<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_am\"><picture class=\"e_em e_fm e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><picture class=\"e_em e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>Viewed by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/sammyguru.com\/google-chrome-indigo-ai-feature-replace-images-on-websites\/\"><em>saimiguru<\/em><\/a>Indigo is an AI-powered feature currently in development. The tool appears in a chip located in Chrome&#8217;s omnibox. Clicking on the chip opens a box with the words &#8220;Generated by Google&#8221; next to the image. If you click the down arrow, it will present three options: Regenerate Image, Replace Original Image, and Delete Original Image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_7s\" style=\"max-width:974px\"><picture class=\"e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:50.21%;aspect-ratio:974 \/ 489\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chrome-indigo-ai-image-replacement-panel-.jpg.webp 974w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chrome-indigo-ai-image-replacement-panel--64w-32h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chrome-indigo-ai-image-replacement-panel--675w-339h.jpg.webp 675w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"Chrome Indigo AI Image Replacement Panel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chrome-indigo-ai-image-replacement-panel-.jpg 974w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chrome-indigo-ai-image-replacement-panel--64w-32h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chrome-indigo-ai-image-replacement-panel--675w-339h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"Chrome Indigo AI Image Replacement Panel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chrome-indigo-ai-image-replacement-panel-.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>According to the outlet, these options do not work yet, as the AI-generation function has been disabled. However, if it was enabled, a newly created image will be placed over the original image on the website you are viewing. No changes have been made to the website, so the original image remains intact, and refreshing the page returns everything to its original state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear what goal Google wants to achieve with such a feature. We can imagine that an image-hiding tool like Indigo might be useful if a triggering image is present on a website. However, it would probably make more sense to activate this type of feature automatically rather than manually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_uc e_P\">\n<p>Thank you for being a part of our community. Please read our comment policy before posting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mishal Rahman\/Android Authority Image by Mishal Rahman TL;DR Google is testing a feature called &#8220;Indigo&#8221; for Chrome. Indigo uses AI to detect and replace images on a website. Refreshing the page restores the website to its original state. Google&#8217;s Chrome browser is already packed with a number of tools, but it may be getting a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[1670,5960,2319,13842,2469,4004,3473],"class_list":{"0":"post-85763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-devotionals","8":"tag-called","9":"tag-chrome","10":"tag-google","11":"tag-indigo","12":"tag-mysterious","13":"tag-tool","14":"tag-working"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85764,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85763\/revisions\/85764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}