Kagi Summarize Apps Feedback

Luis

Feedback thread for the Kagi Summaize iOS and Android apps

What can I do with it?

Save time by reading long articles and getting straight to the point
Reorganize an article’s structure into key takeaways
Native integrations into share flows on mobile
Multilingual article transformation to your preferred language

Download it now on

App Store : https://apps.apple.com/app/kagi-summarize/id6748308326
Play Store : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kagi.summarize

We'd love to hear your feedback!

Demo:

Thibaultmol

Ability to paste text into the app (so you can just paste your clipboard)

dps

Thibaultmol likewise, I would love PDF / generic file upload as well

warlock960

This iOS app reads Apple News article titles but generates poor summaries without warning. Sharing the original article in Safari fixes the issue. I initially thought the app was exceptionally bad, but it works even when it can’t load the article content. I prefer it to error out if it’s not fixable

Pleonasm

warlock960 This iOS app reads Apple News article titles but generates poor summaries without warning

Have you selected the "Long Key Points in English" option in the iOS app? With this option enabled, the output of the app seems to match the output generated by inserting "!sum" before the URL in the Safari address bar.

Dext

Works great so far for articles, though some article took a while to summarize that I thought it hung (eg Reuters article)

Major wishlist: summarizing video (youtube and other players), which is a lot more useful for me since I can't skim them like an article
Minor: change font size to fit more on screen

dps

Dext I have been able to summarize every YT video I've tried so far!

Dext

dps Whoops... I didn't even try because the app ft description makes it seem like it's only capable summarizing text articles rn.

Pleonasm

When viewing a PDF in Safari, the "Summarize with Kagi" share option is not displayed. Is this a bug or intended behavior? (The Universal Summarizer, invoked with "!sum" in front of the URL, correctly displays a summary of the PDF, as expected.)

Yannick

Pleonasm

It's not yet available in the app

Recast

On the Android version, whenever I open or share to the app, it immediately opens Play Store instead. I'm not sure why it does this. (Is it trying to make me pay for something or check a subscription?) This stops me from using the app at all.

Thibaultmol

Recast does this keep happening even when you force close the app (so going in the 'app info' of the app in android settings and stopping it)

daniell_kagi

Recast Thanks for reporting, I will take a look into this.

daniell_kagi

Recast Can you share the URL you are trying to summarize here or sending it to support@kagi.com ?
I'll see if I can reproduce this issue.

magiruuvelvet

It would be great if the Android version of the app could be distributed by other means like a custom F-Droid repository (handles updating for you) or a direct APK download as fallback. I don't use Google and neither have proprietary Google blobs installed on my LineageOS device by choice; neither do I want to install compatibility layers like MicroG. It is impossible right now to obtain the app legitimately on liberated Android forks. The biggest pain point I can imagine right now is PairIP, for whatever reason you are using that thing.

I use a FairPhone btw which allows/supports installing Android forks by out of the box.

Thibaultmol

There should be an explainer added somewhere that the text will be uploaded through Kagi's servers. And maybe add a link to the llm privacy page ?

subpar_stubborn680

These apps should be open source, frankly I'm surprised they aren't already

kfbme

hello 👋

I just downloaded the Summarize app. I like the idea and will probably use it in my daily life, so thanks!

Two quick first impressions:

During the first setup, I thought I was doing something wrong because I was "stuck" on the first screen. It took me a while to understand that the "See How" button stays displayed even after you complete the customization on iOS.
The "ELI5" acronym should be explained, especially for international users. I had to search to know what it stands for. It should be in the app directly (maybe a tooltip?).

Is the app going to be translated?

Good job team!

Yannick

kfbme

It took me a while to understand that the "See How" button stays displayed even after you complete the customization on iOS.

Good point, thanks

The "ELI5" acronym should be explained, especially for international users. I had to search to know what it stands for. It should be in the app directly (maybe a tooltip?).

It's a topic under discussion 🙂

Is the app going to be translated?

Yes!