# Android new tabs in foreground

> Opens new tabs in foreground.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/android\_new\_tabs\_in\_foreground](https://chrome-stats.com/d/android_new_tabs_in_foreground)

## Overview

- **ID:** `android_new_tabs_in_foreground`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** DaveRo
- **Category:** appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 475
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 4.85 / 5 (34 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-10-20
- **First published:** 2017-11-15
- **Size:** 7.98 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/android_new_tabs_in_foreground/)

## Description

**Android New Tabs in Foreground** is a simple, lightweight Chrome extension designed to improve your browsing experience by automatically opening new tabs in the foreground. Once installed and enabled, this extension instantly activates any newly created tab, bringing it to the forefront without any user configuration or visible changes. This means you no longer need to manually switch tabs when opening links or new pages; the extension handles it seamlessly, saving you time and effort.

Ideal for users who frequently open multiple tabs and prefer to focus on new content immediately, this extension operates silently in the background, ensuring a streamlined, efficient browsing workflow without any distractions or settings to manage.

## Rankings

- #5,131 — Overall
- #11 — android
- #87 — new tabs
- #105 — news
- #106 — grok
- #110 — new tab

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users consistently praise the add-on for reliably bringing newly opened tabs to the foreground. Reviewers highlight that it does one job well, is simple and lightweight, and many say it should be a built-in Firefox option. Overall feedback is uniformly positive, with no recurring problems reported.

### Pros

- Reliably works — multiple users report it “just works” and consistently activates new tabs.
- Brings newly opened tabs to the foreground — does exactly the advertised one job.
- Small, focused and simple — a lightweight add-on that solves a specific annoyance.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/android_new_tabs_in_foreground)