# Better Netflix

> "Better Netflix" adds the following features to Netflix: - Ultrawide display support (21:9 aspect ratio) - Zoom in and out of the video - Show the elapsed time of the video - Disable mouse movement - Statistics

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-netflix](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-netflix)

## Overview

- **ID:** `better-netflix`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Konstantin Müller
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 3,525
- **Weekly downloads:** 78
- **Rating:** 4.24 / 5 (67 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.12.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-04
- **First published:** 2018-03-25
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/better-netflix/)

## Description

**Better Netflix** is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your Netflix watching experience with several handy features. It supports ultrawide displays (21:9 aspect ratio), allowing you to fully utilize your screen. You can zoom in and out of videos, view elapsed time, and use easy keyboard shortcuts for various functions.

This extension adds mouse wheel volume control, a random video picker, and buttons to search titles on IMDb. It also offers subtitle toggling (English and German), auto-skipping of intros and recaps, and the option to disable mouse movement while watching. Additionally, it updates the browser tab title with the current video title. Better Netflix is free, open source, respects your privacy by not collecting any data, and improves usability on Netflix for a more enjoyable viewing experience.

## Rankings

- #1,484 — Overall
- #134 — Games & Entertainment
- #247 — Photos, Music & Videos
- #3 — netflix
- #21 — netsuite
- #40 — beta

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `www.netflix.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: netflix.com
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users like Better Netflix for mouse-wheel volume control, its zoom/resize feature, active developer support, and general reliability. Recurring problems are the missing elapsed-time display, various zoom issues (centering, inability to zoom out, resets between episodes or after UI changes), and uncertainty about bitrate/full-resolution control.

### Pros

- Mouse-wheel volume control is popular and praised by multiple users.
- Zoom/resize feature (ability to change video size) is valued by many users.
- Active developer support and quick bug fixes; the developer responds and issues get fixed.
- Overall usefulness and reliability — several users report it works well and is 'great'.

### Cons

- Elapsed time/elapsed timer missing or not showing (reported by multiple users).
- Zoom-related problems: zoom can be anchored to the top-left, zoom out may not work, zoom resets when the next episode starts or after UI changes.
- Unclear or lacking explicit max-bitrate/full-resolution control — multiple users ask whether it forces 1080p or supports bitrate settings.

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