Explain SnapExplain Snap · AI Chrome extension
Explain selected text, understand screenshots and ask follow-up questions with an AI assistant in your browser sidebar. Turn complex articles, diagrams and everyday research into something you understand.
For Chrome and Microsoft Edge · Text, screenshots and browser chat
Learning notes · 6 min read
Why your brain remembers some things better than others
A short guide to memory and attention
Memory is not a perfect recording of everything we experience. The brain filters information, strengthens some connections and lets other details fade over time.
Retrieval practice strengthens memory by asking the brain to bring information back, rather than simply seeing it again.
A question about the page you’re already reading.
Add Explain Snap to your browser
Keep an AI study assistant one click away. Install Explain Snap, open the sidebar and start asking about the text and screenshots in front of you.
AI explanations. In your browser.
Also works in Microsoft Edge. Opens the Chrome Web Store in a new tab.
Read, capture, understand
Highlight an unfamiliar term or a dense paragraph. Get a simpler explanation while the original article stays in view.
Capture a chart, diagram, image or part of a web page. Ask a focused question about the details you want to understand.
Ask follow-up questions beside the page and keep the explanation next to what you are reading. A browser agent is coming soon.
How it works
Select text on the page or capture something on screen.
Add a question or simply ask for a clear explanation.
Read the answer beside the page, then follow up when you’re ready.
A few things to know
A practical AI companion for reading, studying and researching on the web.
Explore all featuresExplain Snap is an AI Chrome extension that helps you understand selected text, screenshots and web pages. Ask questions in the browser sidebar while keeping the original page open.
Yes. Capture a region of the page, add it to your conversation and ask about it. You can focus on a chart, diagram, image or detail and continue with follow-up questions.
Yes. Explain Snap supports Chrome and Microsoft Edge. In Edge, allow extensions from other stores when prompted, then add Explain Snap from the Chrome Web Store.
Create an Explain Snap account and verify your email to use the included AI credits. Sign in on this website in the same browser profile as your extension. See the Pricing page for Lite and Pro plans.
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Add Explain Snap to your browser and bring AI into your reading and research.