Lens how-to · 0 · Lens

The Tools tile: transcript, thumbnail, comments, swipe file

One button, bottom right of every watch page, opens the tools Lens offers on that video: downloads that read the page, and the AI tools that need a VideoCore account.

4 steps · about 1 min · screens captured 11 Oct 2026
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Press Tools

The Tools pill sits bottom right on watch pages and Shorts. It opens a menu grouped by what each tool does.

Press Tools
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Add to intelligence bank

Clip to Swipe File saves this video into your VideoCore swipe file, with its hook and numbers. Needs a free account.

Add to intelligence bank
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Download to your computer

Transcript, Thumbnail and Comments save as files. They read what YouTube already shows on the page and save it as a file.

Download to your computer
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Show on this page

AI Coach and AI Summary open on the page itself: a coaching read of the video, and a short summary with chapters.

Show on this page
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Why it works this way

The downloads read what YouTube already renders for you and save it as a file; no video is fetched from anywhere else.

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