Improves YouTube's functions and site with Limited Permissions. Auto HD, Resize, Annotations, Playback Speed and more.
ImprovedTube for Youtube is a lightweight and open source extension. With our extension you have over 45 features to use with YouTube to make your viewing experience a whole lot better permanently and save your time sustainably. Many of our features are unique and can only be found here. To list a few:
✓ Expand Video Description by default
✓ Set default Youtube Player Sizes
✓ fit video to Window Maximum ✓ Default Youtube Video Quality, Codec & Framerate, that fits you & your connection, bandwidth, notebook, smartphone. VGA full HD 4k 8k 30fps h.264 encoding (Gain Speed, Save electricity with h264. VP8 VP9 is not GPU accelerated on devices built before 2015)
✓ Schedule better viewing at night
✓ Black / Dark color themes
✓ Blue-light (Preserve sleep-iness)
✓ display dim
✓ Hide YouTube Elements, Remove Related Videos, Hover Header, Hide Annotations, Hide Comments
✓ Pop-out Player (always-on-top to be added)
✓ Mini Player (when scrolled down)
✓ Extra Player Buttons (optional):
✓ Loop (Repeat) ✓ Screenshot ✓ ...
✓ Default Playback Speed
✓ Default Volume Level
✓ AutoPlay off/on including: ✓ Playlist Auto-Play ✓ "Up Next" Auto Play
✓ Applies most settings live (without reloading) *new*
✓ New, easy menu, including touchscreen users.
✓ Futureproof, works with the next Youtube already.
✓ Force Flash player *old Improvedtube only* (✓ Old menu & legacy code remain unlimited.)
✓ And many more features
With ImprovedTube you can expect all normal YouTube functions and features to work as expected. It runs lightweight and only when you need it. We also care about your privacy. Unlike many other extensions out there, we only request access to www.youtube.com and www.improvedtube.com instead of asking for access to all websites. We don't care about what videos you watch, we just care that you are enjoying them with our extension.
Notice An Issue?
If you notice any issue, require support, or want a new feature please go to our Support Page. Please do not voice your issues in the Review section until after you try contacting us about the issue. We will work on resolving the issue to make your experience with ImprovedTube a 5/5 star experience. You can get to the support page either through our extensions options page or you can visit our website directly at www.improvedtube.com to contact us. For specific messages: bugs@improvedtube.com, ideas@improvedtube.com, dev@improvedtube.com
Official Accounts and Links
• Twitter: @ImprovedTube
• Website: www.ImprovedTube.com
We are not affiliated or an official YouTube extension. This extension was independently developed for use with YouTube.