To begin, install the Read AI Chrome Extension on your Chromium-based browser. You'll need to sign in with your Read AI account to access all functionalities, which are available even on the free plan. The extension seamlessly integrates with Google Calendar, allowing you to activate the Read Assistant when scheduling new meetings. This assistant provides recommendations for optimal meeting times, leveraging historical engagement data to maximize focus and punctuality for all participants. You can also mark meetings as flexible. For simplified scheduling, utilize your unique Smart Scheduler Link, which highlights your best availability and eliminates back-and-forth communication. When joining Google Meet, Zoom, or Microsoft Teams meetings where Read AI isn't already active, the extension intelligently detects this and prompts you to add Read with a single click, ensuring comprehensive coverage and summarization of every session. During a live meeting, the extension's popover in your browser toolbar grants access to a dynamic live meeting dashboard. This dashboard enables you to follow discussions in real-time, view ongoing calls, join meetings directly, copy your Smart Scheduler Link, and review recent meeting reports. It also displays real-time metrics such as a meeting timer, talk time distribution, engagement scores, and sentiment analysis, providing immediate insights into the meeting's flow. Post-meeting, Read AI automatically generates detailed reports. These include key highlights, discussed topics, comprehensive notes, a full transcription with participant reactions, and crucial metrics. The AI-powered summaries offer concise, actionable breakdowns, often extracting specific action items for easy follow-up. The extension functions as a central 'Meeting Control Center' within your browser toolbar. From this hub, you can efficiently manage all your meetings, ask Search Copilot questions across your meeting data, view and join in-progress calls, and instantly add Read to any live meeting. Read AI is committed to user privacy, explicitly stating that it does not sell user data. You maintain full control over the extension's features, with the ability to enable or disable specific functionalities from the settings menu to customize your experience.