YouTube Summary

Tracking since May 28, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 9, 2026
  description

  Get YouTube transcript & AI summary in seconds — appears right inside YouTube.Get YouTube transcript & AI summary in seconds — appears right inside YouTube. Transcribe any video to text, copy subtitles, switch between 6 languages with one click.
  
  Key Features
  ✔ Transcript appears right inside YouTube, no new tabs
  ✔ Click any line — video instantly jumps to that timestamp
  ✔ AI summary for long videos
  ✔ Copy or use transcript as notes
  ✔ 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Vietnamese
  ✔ Free, no account required, no sign up
  
  
  Privacy First
  ✔ Your data is never shared with third parties
  ✔ Your data is not involved in any third-party processing
  ✔ Your data is not used for analytics
  ✔ Email is used only for support and communication — never shared with third parties or used for analytics
  
  
  Release notes [1.2.1]
  ✔ [added] Side panel opens when clicking the extension icon
  ✔ [added] Side panel shows a message when opened outside a YouTube video page
  ✔ [added] /summarize command in the side panel chat returns an AI summary of the current video
  ✔ [added] Typing indicator with animated dots while waiting for AI response
  ✔ [improved] Side panel header title updates when navigating between YouTube videos
  ✔ [improved] UI language follows the app language setting
  ✔ [improved] Contact form hides the email field for signed-in users
  ✔ [security] All API requests now require an auth token
  ✔ [improved] Anonymous users get a persistent identity on first launch
  ✔ [improved] Extension retries server connection automatically if temporarily unavailable
  ✔ [fixed] Extension icon now displays correctly on YouTube pages
  ✔ [removed] Video title removed from the subtitles/summary panel header
  
  Release notes [1.1.1]
  ✔ [improved] Significantly improved stability — AI summary and YouTube subtitles load reliably across more videos
  ✔ [security] Reduced Chrome extension permissions to the minimum necessary
  ✔ [fixed] Subtitles no longer hang or stay blank on certain YouTube videos
  ✔ [fixed] Transcript text displays correctly — special characters no longer appear broken
  
  
  Release notes [1.0.2]
  ✔ [fixed] Subtitles failed to load on some videos
  ✔ [fixed] Race condition when switching videos quickly
  ✔ [improved] Subtitles and summary are cached — no reload on revisit
  ✔ [improved] More accurate AI summary for non-English videos
  ✔ [performance] Subtitles load from cache instantly on repeated visits
  ✔ [security] Prevent potential XSS
  ✔ [security] Remove redundant manual HTML decoder

  Get YouTube transcript & AI summary in seconds — appears right inside YouTube.Get YouTube transcript & AI summary in seconds — appears right inside YouTube. Transcribe any video to text, copy subtitles, switch between 6 languages with one click.
  
  Key Features
  ✔ Transcript appears right inside YouTube, no new tabs
  ✔ Click any line — video instantly jumps to that timestamp
  ✔ AI summary for long videos
  ✔ Copy or use transcript as notes
  ✔ 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Vietnamese
  ✔ Free, no account required, no sign up
  
  
  Privacy First
  ✔ Your data is never shared with third parties
  ✔ Your data is not involved in any third-party processing
  ✔ Your data is not used for analytics
  ✔ Email is used only for support and communication — never shared with third parties or used for analytics
  
  Release notes [1.2.2]
  ✔ [added] Hindi language support added — extension now available in 7 languages
  ✔ [added] Google blocking detection — when Google blocks subtitle requests, extension shows a clear message in all supported languages prompting to sign in or try again later
  ✔ [fixed] Extension no longer shows blank transcripts or summaries when the server returns an empty result
  
  Release notes [1.2.1]
  ✔ [added] Side panel opens when clicking the extension icon
  ✔ [added] Side panel shows a message when opened outside a YouTube video page
  ✔ [added] /summarize command in the side panel chat returns an AI summary of the current video
  ✔ [added] Typing indicator with animated dots while waiting for AI response
  ✔ [improved] Side panel header title updates when navigating between YouTube videos
  ✔ [improved] UI language follows the app language setting
  ✔ [improved] Contact form hides the email field for signed-in users
  ✔ [security] All API requests now require an auth token
  ✔ [improved] Anonymous users get a persistent identity on first launch
  ✔ [improved] Extension retries server connection automatically if temporarily unavailable
  ✔ [fixed] Extension icon now displays correctly on YouTube pages
  ✔ [removed] Video title removed from the subtitles/summary panel header
  
  Release notes [1.1.1]
  ✔ [improved] Significantly improved stability — AI summary and YouTube subtitles load reliably across more videos
  ✔ [security] Reduced Chrome extension permissions to the minimum necessary
  ✔ [fixed] Subtitles no longer hang or stay blank on certain YouTube videos
  ✔ [fixed] Transcript text displays correctly — special characters no longer appear broken
  
  
  Release notes [1.0.2]
  ✔ [fixed] Subtitles failed to load on some videos
  ✔ [fixed] Race condition when switching videos quickly
  ✔ [improved] Subtitles and summary are cached — no reload on revisit
  ✔ [improved] More accurate AI summary for non-English videos
  ✔ [performance] Subtitles load from cache instantly on repeated visits
  ✔ [security] Prevent potential XSS
  ✔ [security] Remove redundant manual HTML decoder

• Jun 4, 2026
  description

  Get YouTube transcript & AI summary in seconds — appears right inside YouTube.Get YouTube transcript & AI summary in seconds — appears right inside YouTube. Transcribe any video to text, copy subtitles, switch between 6 languages with one click.
  
  Key Features
  ✔ Transcript appears right inside YouTube, no new tabs
  ✔ Click any line — video instantly jumps to that timestamp
  ✔ AI summary for long videos
  ✔ Copy or use transcript as notes
  ✔ 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Vietnamese
  ✔ Free, no account required, no sign up
  
  
  Privacy First
  ✔ Your data is never shared with third parties
  ✔ Your data is not involved in any third-party processing
  ✔ Your data is not used for analytics
  ✔ Email is used only for support and communication — never shared with third parties or used for analytics

  Get YouTube transcript & AI summary in seconds — appears right inside YouTube.Get YouTube transcript & AI summary in seconds — appears right inside YouTube. Transcribe any video to text, copy subtitles, switch between 6 languages with one click.
  
  Key Features
  ✔ Transcript appears right inside YouTube, no new tabs
  ✔ Click any line — video instantly jumps to that timestamp
  ✔ AI summary for long videos
  ✔ Copy or use transcript as notes
  ✔ 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Vietnamese
  ✔ Free, no account required, no sign up
  
  
  Privacy First
  ✔ Your data is never shared with third parties
  ✔ Your data is not involved in any third-party processing
  ✔ Your data is not used for analytics
  ✔ Email is used only for support and communication — never shared with third parties or used for analytics
  
  
  Release notes [1.2.1]
  ✔ [added] Side panel opens when clicking the extension icon
  ✔ [added] Side panel shows a message when opened outside a YouTube video page
  ✔ [added] /summarize command in the side panel chat returns an AI summary of the current video
  ✔ [added] Typing indicator with animated dots while waiting for AI response
  ✔ [improved] Side panel header title updates when navigating between YouTube videos
  ✔ [improved] UI language follows the app language setting
  ✔ [improved] Contact form hides the email field for signed-in users
  ✔ [security] All API requests now require an auth token
  ✔ [improved] Anonymous users get a persistent identity on first launch
  ✔ [improved] Extension retries server connection automatically if temporarily unavailable
  ✔ [fixed] Extension icon now displays correctly on YouTube pages
  ✔ [removed] Video title removed from the subtitles/summary panel header
  
  Release notes [1.1.1]
  ✔ [improved] Significantly improved stability — AI summary and YouTube subtitles load reliably across more videos
  ✔ [security] Reduced Chrome extension permissions to the minimum necessary
  ✔ [fixed] Subtitles no longer hang or stay blank on certain YouTube videos
  ✔ [fixed] Transcript text displays correctly — special characters no longer appear broken
  
  
  Release notes [1.0.2]
  ✔ [fixed] Subtitles failed to load on some videos
  ✔ [fixed] Race condition when switching videos quickly
  ✔ [improved] Subtitles and summary are cached — no reload on revisit
  ✔ [improved] More accurate AI summary for non-English videos
  ✔ [performance] Subtitles load from cache instantly on repeated visits
  ✔ [security] Prevent potential XSS
  ✔ [security] Remove redundant manual HTML decoder

• Jun 4, 2026
  permissions

  storage, identity, identity.email, alarms

  storage, identity, identity.email, alarms, sidePanel, tabs

Permissions & access

Permissions

storageidentityidentity.emailalarmssidePaneltabs

Host access

https://*.youtube.com/*, https://*.becti.net/*

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