Mobile View Switcher

Switch to mobile view with one click via toolbar button.

What is Mobile View Switcher?

Mobile View Switcher is a Chrome extension that allows users to quickly and effortlessly switch any website to mobile view with a single click. The default view simulates an iPhone with iOS 15. For customer's convenience, this extension also allows custom preferences by adding desired user-agent strings to emulate different mobile devices. The toolbar button serves as a simple ON|OFF switch, making it easy to tell when the extension is active.

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By: Benni

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 3.49 (98) ▲ 0.02

Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2024-01-19)

Creation date: 2019-11-06

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
scripting
contextMenus
declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 35.15K

Email: be*****@yahoo.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2359 ▲ 13

Other rankings

#849 in Tools ▼ 6

#1 in mobile view keyword 27

#2 in mobile keyword 38

#116 in switch keyword 19 ▼ 15

#124 in toolbar keyword 29 ▼ 22

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Other platforms

Mobile View Switcher (v0.1.5)

4.16 (70) 12,515+

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Summary

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Mobile View Switcher is a lite extension that let you switch a website to mobile view. Default mobile view is iPhone with iOS 15 but you can change it from the options page.

Simply add a desired user-agent to change the mobile view to your desired one. There are many websites that offer user-agent strings for various devices. Simply copy and paste the desired one in the designated area in options page. Then reload any website to see the mobile view UI (while the addon is active).

Toolbar button serves as ON|OFF switch to enable or disable the addon. Grey color for toolbar icon is when the addon is inactive and yellow color is for the active state. Simply click on the toolbar icon to switch states.

To report bugs, please fill the bug report form in the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/mobile-view-switcher.html).

User reviews

User reviews summary

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

Seamless transition between mobile and desktop views
Responsive design for different screen sizes
Convenient toggle button for easy switching

Cons

Not working on certain websites
No way to filter activation for specific sites
Potential issue with ad placement

Most mentioned

Doesn't work
Helpful
Good tool

Recent reviews

Just perfect. better than I thought possible. I can pick nearly any scale, and phone, and I can see more than one phone at a time. Great tool!

John Garrett, 2024-04-30

Doesnt work.

officai, 2022-11-28

It works, it's just too bad there is not a way to activate the extension only for some sites using some kind of filters.

Valentin Degenne, 2024-03-27

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Safety

Risk impact

Mobile View Switcher may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.