Keep Awake

Override system power-saving settings.

What is Keep Awake?

Keep Awake is a very popular Chrome extension by extensions@chromium.org. This extension has 1,592,844 weekly active users, a good user rating of 4.01, and is most similar to Keep Awake (Display | System) and Caffeine - Keep Awake. The latest version, 1.8, was updated 9 years ago.

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By: extensions@chromium.org

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Users: 1,592,844 ▼ -117,855

Rating: 4.01 (486) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 1.8 (Last updated: 2014-09-04)

Creation date: 2014-09-04

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

power
storage

Size: 31.49K

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Keep Awake (v1.0.0)

0 214

ChromeStats Rank

# 313 ▼ 10

Other rankings

#7765 in Productivity ▲ 9

#4 in system keyword

#7 in icon keyword ▼ 2

#13 in prevent keyword

#13 in sunsets keyword

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Summary

This extension makes it easy to temporarily disable power management on Chrome OS.

It adds an icon in the upper-right corner of the browser that can be clicked to switch between modes where the screen is kept on (sun icon), the system is prevented from sleeping (sunset), or power-saving settings are left unchanged (moon).

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Frequently-asked questions:

* Will this extension prevent a Chromebook from suspending when its lid is closed?

No, but if an external display is connected, recent versions of Chrome OS will remain awake when the lid is closed.

* What's the difference between the "screen is kept on" and "system is prevented from sleeping" modes?

When the system is prevented from sleeping (sunset icon), network connections will remain active; this may be useful if using e.g. the Secure Shell app. The screen will still dim and turn off eventually, though. In the "screen is kept on" mode (sun icon), the system will avoid sleeping and the display will additionally remain on.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Works well
Essential for some use cases
Easy to use
Life-saving
Efficient

Cons

May have issues with monitor waking up
May use a lot of battery
Some reports of it not working

Most mentioned

Works well
Not working
Essential
Easy to use
Battery usage
Monitor waking up issue
Life-saving

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Safety

Risk impact

Keep Awake is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

Keep Awake has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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