Key features
- PDF editing tools: annotate, highlight, and add text
- merge and combine multiple PDF files into one
- compress large PDF files to reduce size
- crop and redact sensitive content from documents
- AI-assisted chat, translate, and guide features for PDFs
What Xodo does
Xodo replaces Chrome's built-in PDF viewer with a fuller editor, letting you annotate, merge, compress, crop, and redact PDF files directly in the browser. It also adds shortcuts inside Google Scholar and Google Drive/Docs pages so you can act on PDFs found there without downloading separate software.
Xodo free vs paid
Xodo is described as a free PDF tool, with core editing, converting, and merging features available at no cost. As with many browser-based PDF tools, check the extension's in-app options for whether advanced AI features carry any separate requirements or limits.
Is Xodo safe?
Xodo requests host permissions across all URLs, along with tabs, downloads, and notifications access, so it can detect and process PDFs wherever they appear. This broad access is common for PDF-handling extensions but is worth reviewing, especially since the extension also injects scripts into Google Drive, Docs, and Scholar pages.