About PiP Cue

What Pip Cue is

Pip Cue is a free Chrome extension that turns YouTube into a learning companion. It floats videos in picture-in-picture, opens a full transcript sidebar that translates to 100+ languages, loops the hard parts at any speed, and remembers where you stopped so you can pick up later.

Three picture-in-picture modes ship in the free version — a one-click Standard PiPthat uses Chrome's native floating window, a Cinematic PiP with full controls and live subtitles, and a Captions Only mode that floats just the subtitles. On top of that, YouTube watch pages get a red Save button (timestamped bookmarks) and a red Transcript sidebar (translate, click-to-seek, auto-scroll).

Why it exists

It started simple: I wanted a YouTube window that stayed on top while I worked, with captions, a way to slow things down, and a way to come back to the exact moment in a lecture or podcast that I needed to re-hear. Chrome's built-in PiP is great at the floating part, but it stops there. Pip Cue is the layer that actually helps you learnfrom what you're watching.

It found people I didn't expect at first — language learners using the translate-the-transcript feature on a slow-spoken interview, dancers looping a routine at 0.75x, students floating a Khan Academy lecture next to their notes, podcast listeners running the Captions Only window over their inbox.

Who built it

Pip Cue is a one-person project by Naveen. Email tenxnaveen@gmail.com — feedback, bug reports, and feature ideas are all welcome and personally read.

What it costs

Free today. Every feature listed on the site is in the free version. A Pro tier is on a waitlist with subtitle customisation, unlimited bookmarks with cloud sync, dual/bilingual subtitles, and auto-open rules. See the pricing page.

Privacy

Bookmarks live in your browser by default. Transcripts are never uploaded to any server. There are no analytics or trackers inside the extension. You only sign in with Google if you want to sync bookmarks across devices. The full privacy policy spells out every permission and why we need it.

Get Pip Cue

Install from the Chrome Web Store. It works on Chrome 116+.