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Google has YouTube and Google Photos. Neither is a video processing tool. You can not compress a video in Google Drive. You can not convert MOV to MP4 in Google Photos. You can not create a GIF from a video in any Google product. Browser tools fill every gap.
| Task | Google Approach | Problems | Browser Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compress video | Google Photos auto-compress on upload | No control over quality, needs account | Compress Video — choose quality, instant |
| Convert format | Upload to YouTube → download (?) | Not designed for this, re-encodes | Convert Video — any format to MP4 |
| Create GIF | No Google tool | Not possible | Video to GIF — full control |
| Extract audio | No Google tool | Not possible | Video to MP3 — instant extraction |
| Trim video | Google Photos basic trim | Limited, needs app | Trim Video — precise start/end |
| Change speed | YouTube playback only (not export) | Can not save speed-changed video | Video Speed — download at new speed |
| Resize video | No Google tool | Not possible | Resize Video — any resolution |
| Add subtitles | YouTube auto-captions (viewing only) | Captions not burned in | Add Subtitles — burned into video file |
| Crop video | No Google tool | Not possible | Crop Video — aspect ratio control |
| Remove audio | No Google tool | Not possible | Remove Audio — silent version |
31 video and audio tools — no Google account, no cloud upload, no data collection:
31 tools. Zero Google. Zero accounts. Zero uploads.
Process any video — no Google, no account, no cloud.
Open Video Tools