'Improve YouTube!' TEST (for YouTube & Videos)

YouTube, tidy & smart? Supercharge YouTube! Give it strong features, filter only the videos you want & exactly the look you like

Improve YouTube! is a versatile Chrome extension designed to supercharge your YouTube experience with over 85 unique and useful features. Customize video player settings, apply themes and layouts, and control playback quality and speed to perfectly suit your preferences. The extension is lightweight, open-source, and privacy-focused, requiring minimal permissions to enhance your viewing without intruding on your data.

Key features include ad blocking with whitelist support, advanced video resizing, screenshot capture, volume mixer, loop/repeat functions, enhanced playlist controls, and customizable shortcuts. It also provides options to declutter the interface by hiding comments, related videos, live chat, and annotations, while enabling dark mode, blue-light filters, and scheduled viewing adjustments. Truly a comprehensive toolkit to make YouTube tidier, smarter, and tailored exactly to your needs.

Manifest V3 Extension Productivity Video Utilities
By:
https://improvedtube.com
Users:
10,000
Rating:
4.01
(217)
Version:
4.1320 Last updated: 2025-06-18
Creation date:
2020-05-28
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
Size:
965.00KB
Email:
*****@improvedtube.com
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Chrome Web Store
Data ingested on:
2025-07-09

User reviews

The 'Improve YouTube!' Chrome extension is praised for its vast customization options, quality controls, ad blocking, and developer responsiveness, making it a valuable tool for many users. However, multiple reports highlight recurring bugs such as forced video looping, playlist and sidebar issues, reduced max video quality to 480p, and performance lags. Some UI/UX concerns with comment sidebars and fitting videos are noted. Overall, it is a powerful but currently imperfect beta extension needing fixes to address these common problems.
Pros
  • Offers extensive customization options for YouTube, allowing users to tailor their viewing experience.
  • Includes useful features such as forcing specific video resolutions, resizing videos to fill the screen without fullscreen, and built-in ad blocking.
  • Developers are responsive and quick to address issues, enhancing user satisfaction.
  • Combines functionalities of multiple extensions, reducing the need for multiple add-ons.
  • Improves workflow for content creators and video enthusiasts with robust editing and sharing tools.
Cons
  • Recent updates have introduced bugs causing YouTube to lag, refresh repeatedly, or malfunction (e.g., forced loop/repeat feature stuck enabled).
  • Certain features have stopped working or are broken, such as reverse playlist, sidebar comments, theme switching, and speed control.
  • Video quality sometimes defaults to a low resolution (480p) when the extension is enabled, affecting video playback quality.
  • UI/UX issues including lack of scrollbars in sidebars, overlapping recommended videos, and problems with fitting videos on ultrawide monitors.
  • Extension is currently in beta, so some features are incomplete or need improvement (e.g., subtitle handling, scrollbar for comments).
Recent reviews
So many things to choose from! I just wish there was a setting to add captions to picture in picture videos. But otherwise, this is really good!!
by Th*****, 2025-05-14

As of this month, some YouTube videos have 480p as the max quality while this extension is enabled. I disabled it and the problem disappeared. I'll rate it 5 stars once it's fixed.
by Ga*****, 2024-05-23

It needs an option to add a scroll bar to the sidebar and stop leaving the home page blank when you hit the youtube button
by Ez*****, 2024-04-24
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Extension safety

Risk impact
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'Improve YouTube!' TEST (for YouTube & Videos) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

'Improve YouTube!' TEST (for YouTube & Videos) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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