Ask Gemini about a YouTube video
Gemini can work with YouTube directly: Google's help says it can find videos and understand their content, when you're signed in. Paste the transcript from WithTranscript when you want Gemini working from the exact words, with timestamps you can click to check. Part of giving a YouTube video to an AI assistant.
Gemini on its own
Ask Gemini about a public YouTube video and it uses YouTube's information to answer. Google notes this needs you to be signed in with Gemini Apps Activity on, and doesn't work in every surface (not in Gemini Live, for example). For a quick "what is this video about", that's often enough.
When to paste the transcript
- You need quotes word for word, with the time they were said.
- You want to compare two or three videos in one chat.
- You want Gemini to stick to one chapter.
- Paste the YouTube link into WithTranscript (the box above works).
- Press Copy transcript above the transcript. On a phone it's in the ⋯ menu.
- Paste it into the assistant and ask your question.