'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video)

Name: 'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video)
Rating: 4.3673 (727 reviews)
Author: code-for-charity

Youtube Extension. Powerful but lightweight. Enrich your Youtube and content selection. Make YouTube tidy and smart! (Layout, Filters, Shortcuts, Playlist)

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Improve YouTube! is a powerful yet lightweight open-source Chrome extension designed to enrich your YouTube and video content experience. With over 175 unique features, it enhances video playback, customizes layout and themes, and offers advanced content filtering and control, making your YouTube experience smarter and tidier.

Key features include customizable video player settings (resolution, speed, looping, pop-out player), enhanced playback controls (auto-pause, picture-in-picture), a variety of themes and schedules (dark mode, blue-light filter), and comprehensive content management tools (block channels, hide ads, remove distractions). It also supports multi-language translation and works seamlessly without reloading the page. Recommended and praised by Firefox and media outlets, Improve YouTube! helps save time and clicks while providing a better content discovery and viewing experience.

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

4.1280 Last updated: 2025-06-11

Version code:

5963705

Creation date:

2021-03-21

Risk:

Permissions:

contextMenus
storage

Host permissions:

https://www.youtube.com/*
https://m.youtube.com/*

Size:

961.69KB

Email:

bu*****@improvedtube.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 242 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#5 in Tabs

#10 in Photos, Music & Videos

#12 in Appearance

#1 in improve keyword 31

#1 in layout keyword 20

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*Improve YouTube!* (for YouTube + Videos) (v4.1250)

33,557 4.50

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User reviews

Users appreciate the add-on's comprehensive feature set, open-source nature, and its ability to enhance YouTube's interface. However, multiple users report recent malfunctions causing freezes, failure to block Shorts on mobile, and limited customization for video thumbnails. Some key features like screenshot functionality and extra playback buttons are unreliable. Additionally, users desire improved UI accessibility and localization. Despite issues, it is favored by those wanting extensive control over YouTube viewing, especially on desktop and mobile browsers without the official app.

Pros

Extensive feature set, considered one of the most exhaustive YouTube add-ons.
Works well with other popular tools like uBlock Origin and is open source, which appeals to users preferring free and open software.
Enhances YouTube's appearance and usability, making it look better and more functional.
Offers useful options like screenshot and playback speed controls, desirable for power users.

Cons

Issues with video freezing and the add-on breaking or malfunctioning recently, causing browser or tab freezing.
Lack of functionality in blocking YouTube Shorts and auto-pausing on mobile browsers not working as expected.
Inadequate or missing options for customizing thumbnails per row on the homepage, with some users preferring fewer than four per row.
Additional player buttons and some features like screenshot saving are non-functional or unreliable.
User interface could be more user-friendly and better localized, with requests for language translation and easier navigation through settings.

Recent reviews

it doesn't make any sense to me that this extension allows you to choose how many videos are on each row on the homepage, but the minimum possible number is 4, while without the extension the default amount of thumbnails per row is 3, which is what i prefer. there's no way to show fewer than 4 thumbnails per row while you have this extension, even though there are 3 per row without it. uninstalling because this is annoying

by Fi*****, 2025-06-21

by *****, 2025-06-21

Only feature i wish this has is a resume function. As a result, i have to run a separate userscripts so YouTube remembers where i left off after reloading the page. As is, probably the single most exhaustive feature list in any YouTube add-on ever put together. Annoying when YouTube breaks it but if your browser can install add-on's then you have the ability to use userscripts therefore, there's not much to complain about. An absolute must have for mobile users that refuse to use the YouTube app and prefer to view webpages in full desktop mode glory.

by ch*****, 2025-06-17

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'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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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