YTSearch is an AI-driven enhancement for YouTube playback that helps viewers search inside videos rather than just browsing titles or scrolling through timelines. With YTSearch, you can type or speak natural-language questions about a video’s content, and the tool uses smart search techniques to identify exact timestamps where those answers are relevant — saving time and effort on long videos, tutorials, lectures, or detailed content.

Once integrated (typically as a Chrome extension or web enhancement), YTSearch overlays intuitive search capabilities onto the YouTube interface, showing results that link you directly to the moment in the video where your query is addressed. This makes it particularly helpful for language learners, students, researchers, creators, and technical learners who need to pinpoint information quickly without watching full videos.

While YTSearch is free to use and works directly alongside YouTube, it depends on available transcripts and metadata — meaning it performs best on videos with accurate captions. It’s most powerful for those who regularly consume long or educational content and want a smarter, more efficient way to extract video insights.