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How to Use SponsorBlock on iPhone and iPad

SponsorBlock skips sponsors, intros, and recaps using community-marked timestamps — but it's normally a desktop browser extension. Here's how to get it on iPhone and iPad.

SponsorBlock on Mac: Skip Sponsors, Intros, and Recaps Automatically

Bring community-powered segment skipping to your Mac — sponsors, intros, and recaps handled automatically in a native app.

What Is SponsorBlock? Community Segment Skipping, Explained

How community-marked timestamps let millions of viewers skip the same sponsor read you're about to sit through.

The 8 SponsorBlock Categories, Explained (and Which to Turn On)

Sponsor, Intro, Outro, Filler… what each category covers and which ones are worth turning on.

How to Submit Your Own SponsorBlock Segments

Found an unmarked sponsor read? Mark it once and every viewer after you skips it.

How to Search Inside a YouTube Video's Transcript (and Jump to the Exact Moment)

Stop scrubbing through two-hour videos. Search the transcript like a document and tap a timestamp to land on the exact moment.

How to Get AI Summaries of Long YouTube Videos

Get the gist of a two-hour video in seconds — summaries, takeaways, outlines, and quotes with your own AI key.

How to Ask AI Questions About a YouTube Video

Go beyond summaries: ask follow-up questions about what was actually said in a video.

How to Read a YouTube Video as Text, with Timestamps

Follow along with auto-scrolling transcripts — for lectures, low-volume viewing, and note-taking.

Bring Your Own AI: Setting Up Claude, OpenAI, or Grok in Mira

Connect an AI provider with your own API key — you pick the model and control the costs.

How to Watch Videos Together in Sync on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Create a room, share the code, and watch in perfect sync across devices — with chat built in.

How to Host a YouTube Watch Party (with Chat)

React together in real time: synced playback, a shared room, and a chat window alongside the video.

Long-Distance Watch Nights: Keeping Video Perfectly in Sync

No more "3…2…1…play" — keeping movie night in sync across cities.

Focus Mode: Just You and the Video

Hide the homepage noise and recommendations so the video you came for stays front and center.

Set Your YouTube Defaults Once: Theater Mode and Best Quality

Stop re-enabling theater mode and best quality on every single video.

A Calmer Way to Watch Videos on iPhone

A tour of watching video on iPhone with less noise: the tool menu, Focus Mode, and night-friendly viewing.

How to Change Playback Speed on Any Video Site (0.25×–3×)

Lock in your preferred speed — on every site, not just YouTube.

Picture-in-Picture for Web Video on Mac, iPhone, and iPad

Keep the video in a floating window while you browse or work.

Late-Night Viewing: Dim Bright Highlights with Eye Comfort Mode

Dim harsh highlights for late-night viewing, with an intensity slider you control.

Dark Mode for Every Video Site

A comfortable dark theme on video sites, synced to your device's setting.

How to AirPlay Web Videos to Your Apple TV

Send web video to the big screen.

One Watchlist for Every Video Site

One place for everything you mean to watch, across every site.

How to See Dislikes on YouTube Again

Community-powered like/dislike estimates put context back under the play button.

One App for YouTube, Twitch, Netflix, and the Rest

Your video sites in one app, with one consistent set of tools.

How to Add Your Own Video Site to Mira

Any video site you use can become a first-class platform in Mira.

Mira's Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac

The handful of key chords that make Mira quick on a Mac.

The Best Ways to Watch YouTube on a Mac

Browser tab, Dock web app, extension, or dedicated player — an honest comparison.

Looking for a Video Lite Alternative? Mira on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

What to look for in a focused video app — and how Mira covers the list on every Apple device.

Apps Like Vinegar: A Cleaner Video Player for Every Apple Device

If a Safari extension changed how you watch video, here's the standalone-app version of that idea.

Making YouTube Feel Right on iPad

The iPad might be the best video screen you own — here's a calmer way to use it.

Getting Started with Mira

First launch to first video: a five-minute setup walkthrough.

Why I Built Mira

The personal itch behind Mira: one calm place to watch, on every Apple device.

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