Orbit [Beta]: AI Assistant and Content Summarizer

Save time with Orbit while juggling emails, diving into lengthy docs, skimming articles, or watching videos. Orbit provides concise summaries, helping you grasp essential information quickly without sacrificing your privacy.
What is Orbit [Beta]: AI Assistant and Content Summarizer?
Orbit [Beta]: AI Assistant and Content Summarizer is a Firefox add-on designed to streamline your online experience. It offers concise summaries of emails, documents, articles, and videos, allowing you to quickly grasp essential information without compromising your privacy. With features like interactive Q&A, customizable summaries, and no account creation required, Orbit empowers you to stay informed and efficient in today’s information-rich environment.

Add-on stats

Version: 1.2.0 (Last updated: 2024-10-29)
Creation date: 2024-05-16
Weekly download count: 553
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • identity
  • tabHide
  • storage
  • *://localhost/*
  • contextMenus
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 4.24M

Other platforms

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Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Unlock a new level of productivity with Orbit, the extension designed to streamline your online experience. Whether you're juggling emails, diving into lengthy documents, skimming through articles, or watching informative videos, Orbit has you covered. This simple but powerful tool provides concise summaries and allows you to ask questions about page content, helping you grasp essential information quickly without sacrificing your privacy.

10/30/24 Update

Thanks for trying out Orbit and sharing your feedback with us. We have a few updates to share:

  • At this time, the beta version of Orbit is only available in English.
  • You now have the option to use Orbit without the floating orb. To minimize the orb, adjust your settings by navigating to the Orbit add on and clicking the gear icon. Try it out and tell us what you think!
Key Features:
  • Quick Summarization: Get summaries of emails, documents, articles, and video transcripts on popular sites such as Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube, and more.
  • Private: Orbit doesn't require account creation or save your session data. The questions you ask are retained only as long as needed to process them.
  • User-Friendly: Simple and easy to use.
  • Interactive Q&A: Ask questions about page content and quickly find specific information.
  • Customizable Summaries: Choose your preferred summary length and format.
  • Question Recommendations: Get the most out of Orbit with relevant question recommendations.
  • No AI Training: Unlike other services, Orbit’s AI does not train on your data, ensuring your information remains private.
This beta version of Orbit is currently only available in English. Interested in support in other languages? Please share your feedback in our Mozilla Connect community.

Why Choose Orbit?

Orbit empowers you to stay informed and efficient by delivering the information you need in a condensed format. Say goodbye to information overload and hello to a more productive web experience. With no account needed and ease of use, Orbit is the perfect tool for anyone looking to optimize their online reading and viewing habits.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Summarizes large webpages and videos into concise sentences
  • Quick and easy access to the AI assistant for summarization
  • Privacy-oriented AI alternative
  • Good design and branding
Cons
  • Persistent floating widget is intrusive and distracting
  • Limited customization options for the appearance and behavior of the widget
  • Summaries can be too short and lack detail
  • Does not support multiple languages and lacks options for personalizing the AI experience
Most mentioned
  • Floating widget is annoying and should be optional
  • Need for customization options for the AI assistant and widget
  • Summarization functionality is useful but needs improvement
  • Desire for a toolbar button instead of a floating element
Recent reviews
Great little buddy to have alongside ChatGPT in my browser. I hope you guys continue to improve on it and who knows maybe some day it becomes a core feature of the browser. I appreciate that it's an actually private tool as one of the main things that drove me away from Microsoft Edge into Firefox was the Copilot AI not only being rather invasive but also doing its best to hide the fact that it is invasive. Orbit has proven to be quite useful so far and I can't really say I have any complaints about it. The only feature I'd like to see, is a dark mode for it's UI; as it is quite jarring having my whole screen dark and suddenly BAM, bright white screen right there. Other than that, I'm pretty pleased with my experience with Orbit c:

by doesthiscount, 2024-11-19

Dear Mozilla Team, I appreciate using Orbit for summarization, but it would be incredibly useful if it could provide summaries or responses in the language of the webpage or offer translations. This feature would greatly enhance its usability for non-English speakers.
by Jean Anton, 2024-11-19
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Orbit [Beta]: AI Assistant and Content Summarizer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Orbit [Beta]: AI Assistant and Content Summarizer is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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