The ChatGPT search Chrome extension is the best way to use it: here’s how to find and install it

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The caller ChatGPT hunt is group to revolutionize nan measurement group hunt connected nan web. (Image credit: Shutterstock/Ju Jae-young)

  • There’s a Google Chrome hold to ChatGPT hunt that makes utilizing it truthful overmuch better
  • It's easy to instal and present we show you how
  • Sam Altman, CEO of Open AI, calls it "really good"

ChatGPT search, a marque caller hunt motor embedded into nan celebrated ChatGPT chatbot, is already changing nan measurement group hunt nan web, but you tin make it moreover easier to usage by utilizing its Chrome extension.

ChatGPT hunt is fast, accurate, and location are nary ads. Unlike Google, it treats hunt much for illustration a conversation, truthful you tin inquire it to hunt for something, past refine your hunt pinch travel up prompts and ChatGPT hunt will support nan original discourse of your hunt going. Lance Ulanoff, editor astatine ample present astatine TechRadar, was truthful impressed pinch ChatGPT hunt that he said, “I mightiness ne'er Google again”.

Of course, everything successful life comes pinch a downside, and pinch ChatGPT hunt there’s presently nary measurement to get entree to it unless you were connected nan original waitlist, aliases you salary for ChatGPT Plus, which costs $20 (about £16 / AU$30) a month. If you were connected nan original hold database for it past you’ll get it now, moreover connected nan free tier.

The only different antagonistic is that unless you are utilizing nan app, you person to occurrence up ChatGPT successful your web browser to get to nan hunt option. It’s accessible by clicking nan hunt icon, which functions for illustration a toggle switch, wrong nan punctual bar. With it group to ‘on’ you are utilizing ChatGPT search.

However, location is simply a measurement astir having to load up ChatGPT’s website earlier searching successful Chrome, and that’s by utilizing nan Google Chrome extension, which intends you tin hunt utilizing ChatGPT hunt by typing straight into your browser's reside bar.

The Google hold is so a overmuch amended measurement to usage ChatGPT search, but nan problem pinch Google extensions is that it’s really difficult to find, truthful here's nan nexus straight to it.

Installing nan extension

ChatGPT hunt hold successful Chrome.

Once you've installed nan ChatGPT hunt hold for Chrome you tin conscionable commencement to type successful nan Address barroom to initiate a ChatGPT hunt query. (Image credit: OpenAI)

Go to nan ChatGPT hunt hold page, past click nan bluish 'Add to Chrome' fastener and corroborate nan installation erstwhile prompted. That's each location is to do. Now erstwhile you commencement typing successful nan reside barroom you'll beryllium searching pinch ChatGPT, not Google.

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You tin move nan ChatGPT hunt hold connected and disconnected by going to nan Window paper successful Chrome and selecting Extensions. You'll spot an on/off toggle for nan hold here.

If you request moreover much convincing to instal nan Google Chrome hold past perceive to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.He precocious posted connected X that nan Chrome hold is nan champion measurement to usage ChatGPT search.

"Hey I'm really sorry to support hyping our ain merchandise but you really should get ChatGPT positive and instal nan Chrome hold for search," Altman wrote. "I americium cheerfully nan first to admit erstwhile we vessel thing that isn't very good, but this clip it's... really good.”

If nan CEO of nan institution is suggesting this arsenic nan champion measurement to usage his product, past that’s a beautiful beardown recommendation.

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Graham is nan Senior Editor for AI astatine TechRadar. With complete 25 years of acquisition successful some online and people journalism, Graham has worked for various market-leading tech brands including Computeractive, PC Pro, iMore, MacFormat, Mac|Life, Maximum PC, and more. He specializes successful reporting connected everything to do pinch AI and has appeared connected BBC TV shows for illustration BBC One Breakfast and connected Radio 4 commenting connected nan latest trends successful tech. Graham has an honors grade successful Computer Science and spends his spare clip podcasting and blogging.

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