Access Glean’s knowledge wherever you work
Glean companion provides seamless access to your company’s knowledge and insights directly within your browser. This floating widget contextualizes any text you highlight, allowing you to quickly understand terms, find related information, identify experts, improve your writing, summarize content, and translate text without leaving your current application or document.
To activate the companion, simply highlight any text in your browser. A Glean icon will appear next to the highlighted text. Clicking this icon opens companion, offering six key functionalities:
Glean companion is accessible by downloading the Glean browser extension. For troubleshooting, please contact your Glean representative.
Disabling companion on a specific webpage: To disable companion on a particular website, highlight any text to activate it, click the Power icon, and select ‘Hide for this site’.
Disabling companion: To disable companion across all webpages, navigate to the Glean sidebar settings (command+J on macOS or alt+J on Windows) and toggle off the companion option within the companion settings.
Data privacy: Glean companion does not automatically read the content of webpages. It only accesses content when you explicitly highlight text and invoke the feature. Glean does not store any personal information through companion and strictly adheres to its 30-day data retention policy.
Default availability: Glean companion will be automatically enabled on these web pages. Additional permissions can be granted to have the Glean Companion be available on all web pages.