Auto High Quality for YouTube™

Automatically change YouTube video quality to HD resolution or the highest available one

Auto High Quality for YouTube™: Optimize YouTube Video Quality

Auto High Quality for YouTube™ is a Chrome extension designed to elevate your YouTube viewing experience. It ensures the best available video quality for YouTube content. Aside from this, it offers several features such as not altering the quality if it's already high, the ability to select from different quality options, and even the chance to select different qualities for visible and hidden YouTube players. With this tool, you can watch YouTube videos at the highest quality without interruptions or buffering problems caused by video quality adjustments.
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Extension stats

Users: 20,000+
Version: 0.4.6 (Last updated: 2024-12-02)
Creation date: 2019-10-05
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
Host permissions:
  • *://www.youtube.com/*
Size: 68.63K

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Extension summary

This extension automatically changes the YouTube video quality to a user-selected high-quality resolution.

Features:

  1. Select the highest quality by default
  2. Do not change the quality if high resolution is already selected (optional feature)
  3. Allows the user to select almost all available qualities.
  4. It is possible to disable more than 30 FPS frame rates (optional feature). Use it if you don't have a bandwidth problem, but your browser cannot handle high-frame-rate playing.
  5. Use different qualities for visible and hidden YouTube players (optional feature)

Some Use Cases:

  1. YouTube starts at low quality, but I want to watch at high resolution.
  2. YouTube automatically increases quality which causes the loader to appear once per while. I don't want the player to alter the resolution.
  3. YouTube switches to 60 frame rate mode, but my browser drops frames.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works as intended if settings are configured properly.
  • Helps maintain a preferred video quality setting.
  • Enhances user experience by reducing quality fluctuations.
Cons
  • Frequently stops working or is unreliable.
  • Does not support enhanced video qualities like 1080p Premium.
  • Can experience buffering or loading issues.
Most mentioned
  • Stopped working after certain updates.
  • Does not automatically change video quality as expected.
  • Confusion about extension's capabilities regarding video quality enhancement.
User reviews
Enjoy my fun
by SLBTVE 9738, 2024-12-12

Works for me. Does what it says it supposed to do. Nice to have logs in the console too.
by Mathieu Gallant, 2024-12-06

Good when it worked but seems like it stopped working, version 131 broke it. It defaults to highest quality now and the UI is broken.
by Rickard Åberg, 2024-11-18
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Auto High Quality for YouTube™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Auto High Quality for YouTube™ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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