Save, Summarize, Organize, and Learn from YouTube Videos

Saving is one step, from wherever you happen to be watching.

• Paste the URL: copy the link to any YouTube video and paste it into Recall.
• Browser extension: while reading on youtube.com in your browser, save the video in one click without leaving the page. Install it for Chrome or Firefox.
• Mobile share sheet: from the youtube.com app on your phone, tap share and choose Recall, or paste the link into the Recall app. If you don't see Recall in the share sheet the first time, tap More to find it, where you can enable it for next time. Get Recall on the App Store or Google Play.

Recall automatically generates an AI summary of the video, so a long lecture or tutorial becomes something you can read in a couple of minutes.

• Concise or detailed: get a quick overview of the key points, or a more detailed breakdown when you want the full picture.
• Read the full transcript: alongside the summary, Recall gives you the complete transcript of the video, so you can read along, search for an exact quote, or copy a passage word for word.
• Pre-screen before you commit: read the summary first and decide whether the full video is worth your time.
• Listen to the summary: prefer audio? With Listen Mode, have the summary read aloud in a natural voice, or even one you’ve cloned, so you can absorb a long video in a few minutes while you commute or work out. (Available on Plus.)
• Capture the parts that matter: pull the specific takeaways you care about into your own notes on the card.

Example: A 90-minute lecture on machine learning becomes a short list of the core concepts, the frameworks mentioned, and the resources the speaker recommends, so you get the value even on a day you don’t have an hour and a half to rewatch.

A summary you can’t find later is no better than a forgotten video. Recall keeps every video organized so it resurfaces when it’s relevant.

• Automatic tagging: Recall reads the video and tags it by topic, so it lands in the right place without any effort.
• Your own tags: add tags that match how you think, like coding, productivity, or a specific project.

Example: You tag a tutorial on React hooks with coding, and the next time you open that tag, the video is sitting alongside every other resource you’ve saved on the subject.

This is where a video stops being something you watched once and becomes something you can interrogate.

• Chat with the video: ask questions about that specific video, like “What were the main steps?” or “What tools did they recommend?” Answers are grounded only in that video, so they stay accurate to the source.
• Chat across everything: open global chat in the left panel by clicking the AI icon, then @ mention a tag to ask a question across every video, article, and note you've saved on a topic at once. See global chat.
• Go deeper than the summary: follow up, ask for clarification, or have a concept from the video explained in simpler terms.

Example: After saving three tutorials on a new framework, you ask across all of them, “What’s the recommended project structure?” and get a synthesized answer pulling from each source.

Saving and summarizing get the ideas in; this step keeps them with you.

• Search: find any idea from any video using natural language, months after you watched it.
• Quiz and spaced repetition: turn key videos into quizzes and review them over time so the ideas stick. See Quiz and spaced repetition.
• Augmented Browsing: related videos resurface as you browse the web, reconnecting you with what you've already learned. See Augmented Browsing.

Example: Three months after watching a health video, a friend asks about a supplement mentioned in it. You search the name and instantly find the video and the exact section where it came up.

This is where YouTube gets powerful. Instead of sitting in isolation, every video joins a growing web of ideas across everything you’ve saved.

• Automatic connections: Recall links each video to related content you've already saved, with no work on your part. A tutorial on focus links itself to a podcast and article you saved on the same topic.
• Your own connections: want to go further? You can create connections by hand to capture a link only you would see, tying a video to a specific project or idea. See Connect Content. It's entirely optional.
• See it visually: explore how everything fits together in the Knowledge Graph, or learn more in Connect Content.

Example: You save three videos and a few articles on a topic you’re learning. Without linking anything by hand, Recall connects them around shared concepts, so when you open the topic later, the whole theme is already tied together.