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Summarize a YouTube video with Gemini

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Section titled “Paste the YouTube link”

Open Gemini, paste the public YouTube URL, and ask it to summarize. That is the whole first step. You do not need to copy the transcript first.

What you need

Section titled “What you need”
  • Gemini on the web or the official app.
  • A public YouTube video (a tutorial, lecture or news clip — not a private or members-only video).

Try this

Section titled “Try this”
  1. Copy the YouTube link from the address bar or the Share button.
  2. Open Gemini and paste the link.
  3. Paste the prompt below under the link, or just write “summarize this video.”
  4. Open the video and check one fact, name or step before you trust the summary.
Summarize this video for someone who has not watched it:
[paste the YouTube URL]


Give me:
1. What it is about in two sentences.
2. Five key points.
3. Any numbers, dates or names I should verify in the video.
If you cannot access the video, say so. Do not invent quotes.

You can also ask follow-ups in the same chat: “Explain step 3 in simpler words” or “What should I skip?”

If you want a study notebook

Section titled “If you want a study notebook”

Add the same YouTube link in NotebookLM as a source. NotebookLM uses the captions. Then you can ask questions with citations, or generate an Audio Overview.

Before you use it

Section titled “Before you use it”
  • Watch the part that matters. A summary can miss a warning or mix two ideas.
  • Do not treat this as medical, legal, financial or exam advice.
  • Private videos and videos without captions may fail.

Find and ask about YouTube in Gemini

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