# Clarify AI: YouTube Summaries

> Summarize YouTube videos with AI, timestamps, transcripts, bookmarks, and chat.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/clarify-ai](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clarify-ai)

## Overview

- **ID:** `clarify-ai`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Clarify AI
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,language-support,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 808
- **Weekly downloads:** 33
- **Rating:** 4.32 / 5 (90 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.8.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-17
- **First published:** 2024-07-28
- **Size:** 408 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clarify-ai/)
- **Website:** [https://clarify-ai.org/](https://clarify-ai.org/)

## Description

Clarify AI uses Google Gemini to instantly summarize YouTube videos, generate accurate transcripts with timestamps, extract key insights, and translate content into 50+ languages. With a single click you get concise summaries, timestamped navigation to key moments, exportable transcripts, and customizable summary length and style to suit study, research, or productivity needs.

Built-in interactive AI chat lets you ask questions about video content, and the extension supports transcripts for podcasts, tutorials, news, and long-form videos to save time and accelerate learning. Clarify AI is ideal for students, researchers, professionals, and anyone who wants to consume YouTube content faster and smarter.

## Rankings

- #3,737 — Overall
- #152 — Language Support
- #212 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #3 — summarize youtube
- #3 — youtube summarizer
- #5 — ai youtube summary

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `identity`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate Clarify AI for delivering concise, actionable YouTube video summaries that save time and feel naturally integrated with the YouTube interface. The extension is praised for ease of use and reliability, and for offering quick focus prompts. However, many reviews criticize its move to a paid model with credits (including daily limits), which some users see as a major drawback. A recurring frustration is the limited ability to select newer Gemini models or bring your own model, with several commenters wishing for more model flexibility or BYOM options. Overall, it remains useful but pricing and model options are sticking points.

### Pros

- Concise, on-point summaries for YouTube videos.
- Time-saving: stays in YouTube tab and helps with focused prompts.
- Easy to use and integrates well with YouTube; reliable performance.

### Cons

- Paywall and credits model; move to paid usage with daily limits.
- Limited model options; desire to select newer Gemini models or bring-your-own-model (BYOM).

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