extension ExtPose

Briefy: AI summarizer with visual views for webpages, YouTube, PDFs

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Summarize all kinds of content with just 1 click. Build your knowledge base, and chat with it just like with a human.

Image from store Briefy: AI summarizer with visual views for webpages, YouTube, PDFs
Description from store Transform the way you consume information with Briefy! ✨ Powered by AI, Briefy quickly summarizes complex texts into structured summaries with key insights, detailed items, tables, mindmaps, and more. Multiple languages are supported. We offer both Chrome and Safari extensions. Whether you're browsing news, reading papers, or skimming videos, easily get the key points with just 1 click on both desktop and mobile phones! 🚀 🌟 How to Use It: 1️⃣ Add the extension to your Chrome. 2️⃣ Sign in with your email address. 3️⃣ Open any webpage with text and click Briefy's magic button on the page for an instant summary. 💥 Our Best Features: 🖱️ Key points with 1 click To get the summary, you only need to click the Briefy magic button on the page. No more tedious copying, pasting, or app switching! 🪄 Overview, table, mindmap views Briefy goes beyond conventional summaries, offering insights through key points, tables, and mindmap views. Dive deeper into texts in seconds! 💬 Chat with your content Dive deeper into summarized content by asking specific questions. Briefy provides detailed, context-aware answers, ensuring you grasp every aspect of the information and make knowledge interactive. 🔗 Refer back to the source content Easily navigate to the source material for a more comprehensive understanding. Cross-check and explore detailed information, ensuring a thorough grasp of the subject matter. 💡Build your own knowledge base Your external brain to save, review, find, and share your previous summaries. Maximize understanding by searching only the verified and reliable information you've saved with Universal Search in your knowledge base. 🌐 Inline summary translation Get inline translations of the summary in Premium and Ultra plans. Choose your preferred language and enhance comprehension and reading speed! 💫Adjustable summary preferences Choose the level of detail—concise, medium, or detailed—and read the output in your preferred language. Whether it's English, Japanese, Spanish, or more, Briefy customizes summaries to suit your needs across all views. ⬆️ Export summaries in various formats Effortlessly copy or download your summaries in Markdown, TXT, PNG, or CSV formats. Whatever summary view you choose, Briefy makes exporting content seamless and flexible to fit your exact needs. ☀️ How Briefy Works: Briefy utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) technology to provide concise summaries, allowing users to effortlessly digest complex content without accessing ChatGPT or OpenAI accounts. 📧 Contact Us: Have questions about using Briefy? Reach out to us at [email protected] – we're always ready to assist. Your feedback drives our innovation. A great product meets its users' needs, and we're committed to doing just that. Feel free to send us your suggestions and thoughts as well! 🔨 Changelog: 2.2.7: Feb 07, 2025 - Updated credits calculation method for better accuracy - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 2.2.5: Jan 08, 2025 - Enhanced mind map summarization with improved visualization - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 2.2.2: Oct 16, 2024 - Supported exporting summaries to Markdown, TXT, PNG, CSV files - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 2.2.0: Sep 14, 2024 - Introduced Summary Preference: summarizing in your preferred level of detail and output language - Supported summarizing YouTube videos in Overview view 2.1.0: Jun 17, 2024 - Introduced brand new Overview view as a replacement for the List view - Supported summarizing and saving PDF files to Briefy Knowledge Base - Supported referencing to source content in Briefy Knowledge Base - Supported historical context in Ask - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 2.0.0: May 10, 2024 - Introduced Briefy Knowledge Base where summaries are saved, reviewed, queried, and shared - Supported saving summaries to Briefy Knowledge Base - Supported sharing summaries with permalinks - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 1.10.0: Apr 8, 2024 - Supported summarizing YouTube videos - Supported summarizing any text content with web summarizer - Supported summarizing long content of up to 400K characters - Supported charging multiple Briefys for summarizing longer content - Added upsell dialog for Briefy for Gmail - Refactored content parsing logic for better performance - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 1.9.1: Mar 15, 2024 - Squashed some bugs 1.9.0: Mar 5, 2024 - Supported rendering summaries in Markdown - Supported subscription with annual plans - Fixed UI misalignment on some websites - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 1.8.4: Jan 25, 2024 - Reorganized extension menu for a better interface - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 1.8.0: Jan 2, 2024 - Supported reference to original content - Supported "asking questions" to the content and added a quick menu with possibly-asked questions - Supported copying summary in Markdown format in all views - Supported regenerating summary - Reorganized function buttons and grouped them into the bottom-left corner - Supported new output languages: Thai, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese - Supported choosing summary view in the popup menu - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 1.7.0: Dec 13, 2023 - Supported summarizing content in Table view - Supported summarizing content in Mindmap view - Supported expanded table and mindmap into full screen - Supported extracting the main idea of content into a new section in List view - Supported moving the floating Briefy button to anywhere on both sides of the browser window - Supported moving the Briefy window to anywhere in the browser window - Moved the floating Briefy button to bottom-left corner by default - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 1.6.0: Nov 22, 2023 - Introduced a set of new and better structured plans for different levels of Briefy usage - Supported translating summaries into frequently used languages, inline with the original language - Fixed frequent crashes caused by the service worker on iOS/iPadOS Safari - Fixed failure to infer time and location from the original content - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 1.5.1: Nov 9, 2023 - Squashed some bugs 1.5.0: Oct 19, 2023 - Supported summarizing Gmail threads - Supported new output languages: Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish - Supported signing in with Apple - Improved algorithm for content capturing. Now more websites are supported. - Polished the UI elements and squashed some bugs 1.4.0: Oct 11, 2023 - Added a new feature to hide the Briefy magic button: - Hide this time - Hide on this website - Hide on all websites - Polished the UI elements - Squashed some bugs 1.3.0: Sept 22, 2023 - Enhanced Briefy magic button logic for improved user experience: - Embedded magic button now displays on content pages from most-visited websites in the world - Floating magic button now displays on content pages from other websites - Browser extension menu magic button now displays on the browser extension menu - Improved user guidance for downloading and installing browser extensions - Improved user guidance for learning how to use Briefy after installation - Squashed some bugs 1.2.2: Sept 20, 2023 - Squashed some bugs 1.2.1: Sept 18, 2023 - Squashed some bugs 1.2.0: Sept 15, 2023 - Supported specifying output language in Japanese - Added a new interface for the extension action button - Improved the experience of the magic button and user menu - Squashed some bugs 1.1.2: Sept 13, 2023 - Fixed an issue where the magic button was rendered on unexpected web pages 1.1.1: Sept 11, 2023 - Squashed some bugs 1.1.0: Sept 6, 2023 - Supported stream response for faster loading speed - Supported displaying time saved by Briefy - Optimized user onboarding flow - Fixed an issue where the magic button was not rendered on Medium posts - Squashed some bugs 1.0.1 - Supported premium plan - Squashed some bugs 1.0.0 - Supported basic summarization with bullet points, hashtags, and sentiment - Supported signing up/in with Google accounts

Latest reviews

  • (2025-06-27) ddlawecp Islamabad: Never seen such incredible tool. mind blowing
  • (2025-06-21) Michelle You: Super!
  • (2025-06-18) Antonio Maldonado H.: Great tool!
  • (2025-05-22) Tshepo Baitsapi: I love it so much, if given a pdf it summarises all of it and not omit information like deepseek.
  • (2025-05-16) Piotr Kwiatkowski: a great extention
  • (2025-05-06) Khanh Nguyen: sooo helpful for summarizing longer videos. no more time wasted scouring for timestamps; briefy will do it for you! definitely helps with required quotations.
  • (2025-05-01) Yağız Yakut: Nice
  • (2025-04-25) Mac Hsu: IS good
  • (2025-04-21) Sajjad Kamal Shuvro: easy integration to chrome
  • (2025-04-01) Chintan Chauhan: Deriving to the point short forms of the articles
  • (2025-03-15) Evan G. Smith: Just started using. So far so good! Will update this review after I've had more time to explore the functionality and features offered by this extension.
  • (2025-03-10) Yunzhao Li: Using it to summarize my favorite youtube channels. Very helpful!!
  • (2025-03-04) Andrew Mason: Attention Span I have ADHD but I also love reading summarizing web pages has never been easier, not to mention i can discuss and ask questions with it too!! I love it.
  • (2025-02-27) Dav Sa: Awesome ai tool enriching my everydays tasks!
  • (2025-02-24) Abdullah Al Emam: great ai. needs credit for searching the webpage thats why writing this review
  • (2025-02-18) chamani niroshani: actually , this is very helpful for my university academic. I can summaries lecture note very quickly. I love this
  • (2025-02-12) Aaron Bukowski: Really helping me out with my homework
  • (2025-02-06) david: This is the best thing since sliced bread. I use this app regularly for school and personal use, and it pretty much does everything
  • (2025-02-06) Wtftiki2222: A very amazing AI app that support may summarized content smartly and swiftly! I love to use this app regularly and upgrade it to higher plan.
  • (2025-01-30) laniya cronan: Couldn't live without this extension!!!!
  • (2025-01-07) valen-zombie15: I can't be so happy to know about this app, I met it in a YouTube video and it saved my year
  • (2025-01-07) Awasar Kc: A really nice fast and helpful ai tool which can help us to carry our works more efficiently. Its amazing features has helped me a lot in my projects. I hope they add more features to it.
  • (2025-01-05) Apekiller: costs money and doesn't even work (continuous loading when opening the extension).
  • (2024-12-27) Kenneth Edward Tan: Great
  • (2024-12-26) Hendra Halim: So far, it has been excellent but the trial cannot be used for pdf.
  • (2024-12-26) Rafał Kujawa: My top Chrome extension! It has completely transformed the way I consume information. With just one click, I can get complex content summarized into clear and readable formats, including key points, tables, or mind maps. The feature that generates ready-to-use comments for posts (e.g., on Instagram) is a total game-changer for me ;)
  • (2024-12-23) Muralidar Dakshinamurthy: After searching for so many AI summarizer finally I found what I was looking for. The all-in-one summarizer makes me to learn more from different sources. I am planning to buy pro subscription.
  • (2024-12-20) Aryaman Singh: Briefy , is an excellent extension as it helps to summarize an topic on the spot
  • (2024-12-05) Romain Peter: Awesome app, clean and full of tools !
  • (2024-11-30) Sallorah DSouza: Amazing for get the main idea of any kind of topic that can helps easily understand
  • (2024-11-15) Raven Brown: Thoroughly impressed by this tool and use it daily for work and personal perusing. Cuts down SO much time with synthesizing and categorizing research. Thank you Briefy Team!
  • (2024-11-14) Shihab Shahriar: Amazing for get the main idea of any kind of topic that can helps easily understand .
  • (2024-11-12) Jacob Monte: Briefy is one of if not the best ai tools for summarizing long texts in order for a better handed comprehension. Even with such small features signifies the biggest difference within this ai tool such as the emojis, the ability to ask questions. and many more. A bought plan will also give you 10 times the benefits to make your work simple and done in no time.
  • (2024-11-11) Susan Pan: Very great summarization tool for visual learners! I quite like the Universal Search feature since it gives answers based on saved summaries to avoid hallucination with the LLM.
  • (2024-11-11) Dean Collins (Baby Otter): I really like this extension so far! It helps with learning on the fly.
  • (2024-11-07) Ore Samuel: Best AI tool I've used so far.
  • (2024-11-07) Belay Mulat: sign-in page unable to load
  • (2024-11-07) Jason Kovtunovich: I've only used this for a few days, but out of all the other AI Summarizing tools this tool is definitely a league above. Not only does it summarize, but it provides different ways to summarize and you can even save summarizations. Great tool!
  • (2024-10-23) Joanna Nawrotkiewicz: Briefy is hands down the best tool for summarizing I’ve ever used. Whether summarizing text or video, it delivers detailed, accurate summaries and captures the most important points. I don’t have to recheck the content to refine the summary. A must-have!
  • (2024-10-13) Shalini Sharma: Excellent tool.
  • (2024-09-23) Milo Mecic: Briefy is an absolutely fantastic tool! It’s incredibly user-friendly and intuitive. Briefy is especially convenient for me when I need to read and understand long documents or videos. Thanks to Briefy’s precise and flawless summaries, I save a lot of time. This extension is a must-have for me because it significantly boosts my study efficiency.
  • (2024-09-20) Salah Mansour: A very excellent extension as it contains many wonderful features to summarize complex texts and make them simpler through AI.
  • (2024-09-20) shobhak Reddy: Briefy is a game-changer! It summarizes webpages, YouTube videos, and PDFs effortlessly. Super useful for quickly grasping content without getting overwhelmed. The visual summaries make it even better. Highly recommended!
  • (2024-09-20) Dowa Perera: This extension is truly remarkable and serves as an invaluable tool not only for university students but also for professionals and anyone who regularly works with large volumes of text. It excels at condensing lengthy information into concise, clear summaries, preserving the original meaning without introducing any errors. Whether you're summarizing academic papers, reports, or any other kind of lengthy content, this extension provides a seamless and efficient experience. The response time is incredibly fast, often completing the task quicker than expected, which makes it ideal for time-sensitive work. I wholeheartedly recommend using this extension for anyone who wants to save time and improve productivity without sacrificing accuracy or quality.
  • (2024-09-20) Oliver Dissanayaka: Briefy is a great tool for quickly summarizing content from webpages, YouTube videos, and PDFs. Its visual views help users grasp key points efficiently. While it's excellent for quick overviews, it may not always capture detailed nuances. Ideal for saving time!
  • (2024-09-20) md neaz morshed: What I particularly love is how it transforms even long and complex content into bite-sized summaries without sacrificing important details. This is especially helpful for students, professionals, and anyone who wants to save time while still getting the key takeaways from different media types. The visual format is also intuitive and enhances understanding, which is a big win compared to other text-heavy summarizers.
  • (2024-09-20) Kindle Ghostwriting: I'm super impressed by how easy and convenient this tool is. Since I discovered, I no longer struggle to read long text especially ones I don't have the time for. I just make use of it and it gives me summary just as I would expect it. Awesome!
  • (2024-09-20) Thilini M: This Chrome extension efficiently summarizes webpages, emails, YouTube videos, and PDFs with a single click. It also builds a knowledge base for easy, human-like interactions.
  • (2024-09-20) S Jeffry: Briefy is an incredibly handy tool for quick summaries of webpages, texts, YouTube videos, and PDFs. The visual views make understanding complex information a breeze. It's perfect for students, professionals, or anyone short on time. Highly recommend for its simplicity and efficiency!
  • (2024-09-20) sharmita simu: Briefy is a must-have tool for anyone looking to streamline their information-gathering process. Its ability to deliver quick, concise summaries with visual elements makes it stand out from other similar extensions. Highly recommended for anyone looking to boost productivity and make the most of their time online!

Statistics

Installs
4,000 history
Category
Rating
4.7011 (87 votes)
Last update / version
2025-02-08 / 2.2.7
Listing languages
en

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