Ask ChatGPT About YouTube Videos and Open Tabs (Chrome Side Chat)

Melvin Vivas · X video post · 2026-08-02 · 0:55 · 90 views · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

This is a short demo of the ChatGPT Chrome extension's Side Chat, where you ask ChatGPT questions about a YouTube video. The quoted announcement says Side Chat also lets you refer to your open tabs or highlight text on a page and ask about it. It also says the ChatGPT desktop app now suggests URLs as you type. The transcript only has an intro line, so the caption is the only real content.

Key points

• The ChatGPT Chrome extension has a Side Chat panel that opens next to the page you're viewing.
• In Side Chat you can ask questions about the YouTube video you're watching.
• You can refer to your other open tabs in Side Chat questions.
• You can highlight text on any web page and ask ChatGPT about it.
• The ChatGPT desktop app now suggests URLs as you type.
• Use case: get a summary or ask questions about long videos and articles without switching tabs.

Resources mentioned

• ChatGPT · tool · chatgpt.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  OpenAI's AI assistant (web, desktop and mobile apps), used for chat, coding, writing and image generation.
  Also in: Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Dots Demo: A Voice AI Agent Handling Travel Booking and Feedback Triage (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), ChatGPT Can Commit Code Directly to Your GitHub Repo (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), OpenAI Dots: Agents Inside ChatGPT That Debug, Fix, and Open PRs (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 23 more
• YouTube · website · free
  Video platform. In the demo, ChatGPT answers questions about a YouTube video.
• Google Chrome · tool · google.com · free
  Web browser whose profile can be imported into Claude's built-in browser.
  Also in: Claude desktop's built-in browser can import your Chrome profile (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)

Try this

• Install the ChatGPT Chrome extension and open Side Chat on a YouTube video to ask questions about it.
• In Side Chat, try referring to your open tabs and highlighting text on a page to ask about it.