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.

Orbit [Beta]: AI Assistant & Content Summarizer

Orbit [Beta]: AI Assistant and Content Summarizer is a powerful Firefox add-on designed to enhance your productivity online. It delivers quick summaries of emails, lengthy documents, and videos, allowing you to absorb essential information rapidly. With a focus on user privacy, Orbit requires no account creation and doesn’t save your data. Features include interactive Q&A, customizable summaries, and dark mode. Transform your web browsing experience and stay informed with ease!

Add-on stats

Users: 8,944
185
Version: 1.3.1 (Last updated: 2025-01-23)
Creation date: 2024-05-16
Weekly download count: 1,011
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • identity
  • tabHide
  • storage
  • *://localhost/*
  • contextMenus
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 5.29M

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
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.

1/15/25 Update

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

  • Dark mode is now available!
  • Easily access Orbit directly from your toolbar after pinning the extension
  • We’ve added more ways to configure Orbit to meet your needs–whether that’s fully hiding it or hiding the orb from minimalist and dynamic formats.
  • We’ve also introduced new shortcuts to summarize via right click on the page or on highlighted text.
  • At this time, the beta version of Orbit is only available in English.
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
  • Provides a useful AI assistant for summarizing content and catching up on news.
  • Quality of web page and video summaries is decent, with room for improvement.
  • Developers show promise and responsiveness to user feedback.
  • Useful integration into daily web browsing activities.
  • Has potential with future updates and improvements.
Cons
  • Floating icon is intrusive and distracting, especially in fullscreen mode.
  • Limited language support; users request additional languages including Spanish and Russian.
  • Summaries can be longer than the original content or fail to capture important details.
  • No dark mode option and lack of customization for UI elements.
  • Limited communication and community support for users.
Most mentioned
  • The intrusive nature of the floating icon needs addressing, particularly when in fullscreen mode.
  • Desire for additional language support from the AI assistant.
  • Request for a dark mode option for better viewing.
  • Need for a more integrated toolbar button instead of a floating icon.
  • Quality of summaries can be inconsistent.
User reviews
Great extension, but needs multilingual support. Orbit is a great and well-designed extension for summarizing web pages, but it's limited to English. It would be highly beneficial to add support for other languages or include an option to translate summaries into the user's preferred language. This would make the extension more universal and accessible to a broader audience. Looking forward to future updates—thank you for the great work so far!
by Ron, 2025-01-27

by Sigma, 2025-01-25

Horrible AI slop
by Futhorka, 2025-01-24
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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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