Watch While You Wait by Nuchem
Watch YouTube while ChatGPT or Gemini is generating. The player gets out of the way the moment your answer is ready.
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About this extension
Tired of staring at a "thinking…" spinner while ChatGPT or Gemini writes your answer? Watch While You Wait drops a small, draggable YouTube player onto chatgpt.com and gemini.google.com so the waiting time isn't wasted.
How it works:
• While the AI is generating → the player grows and plays.
• The moment your answer arrives → it shrinks to a corner and keeps playing, OR pauses so you can read — your choice.
• While you're typing your next question → it pauses so you can focus.
No accounts, nothing to sign up for. It rides on top of the real chatgpt.com and gemini.google.com that you're already logged into — your chats stay exactly where they are. Just paste a link to get started; no API key needed for that.
Features:
• Paste any YouTube video, Shorts, or playlist link — no key required.
• Optional: search YouTube right inside the popup (this one feature needs your own free YouTube Data API key, since it calls Google's search API directly).
• Drag the player anywhere; resize it big or small; mute with one click.
• Remembers your settings and last position.
• Lightweight — no background tracking, no analytics, no servers of our own.
Good to know:
• YouTube only. Netflix, Prime Video, and Instagram use copy-protection that no add-on can legally embed.
• To embed the YouTube player on the AI sites, the add-on relaxes those two sites' security headers (and only those two). See the privacy policy for full detail. Remove the add-on to restore them.
How it works:
• While the AI is generating → the player grows and plays.
• The moment your answer arrives → it shrinks to a corner and keeps playing, OR pauses so you can read — your choice.
• While you're typing your next question → it pauses so you can focus.
No accounts, nothing to sign up for. It rides on top of the real chatgpt.com and gemini.google.com that you're already logged into — your chats stay exactly where they are. Just paste a link to get started; no API key needed for that.
Features:
• Paste any YouTube video, Shorts, or playlist link — no key required.
• Optional: search YouTube right inside the popup (this one feature needs your own free YouTube Data API key, since it calls Google's search API directly).
• Drag the player anywhere; resize it big or small; mute with one click.
• Remembers your settings and last position.
• Lightweight — no background tracking, no analytics, no servers of our own.
Good to know:
• YouTube only. Netflix, Prime Video, and Instagram use copy-protection that no add-on can legally embed.
• To embed the YouTube player on the AI sites, the add-on relaxes those two sites' security headers (and only those two). See the privacy policy for full detail. Remove the add-on to restore them.
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Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Block content on any page
- Access your data for chatgpt.com
- Access your data for chat.openai.com
- Access your data for gemini.google.com
Optional permissions:
- Access your data for sites in the replit.dev domain
- Access your data for sites in the replit.app domain
- Access your data for chatgpt.com
- Access your data for chat.openai.com
- Access your data for gemini.google.com
- Access your data for www.googleapis.com
Data collection:
- The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
More information
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Size
- 26.8 KB
- Last updated
- 6 days ago (Jun 1, 2026)
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- All Rights Reserved
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