OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab

Remove one plastic bottle from the ocean with every 5 searches! Become an ocean hero and protect marine life just by browsing.

OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab

OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab is a Chrome extension that helps you contribute to ocean conservation simply by searching the web. For every five searches, one plastic bottle is removed from the ocean! This LITE version lets you maintain your usual search engine while enjoying beautiful ocean-themed backgrounds and tracking the collective efforts of all users. Join the fight against ocean pollution and become an ocean hero with every new tab!
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Extension stats

Manifest V3 Overrides new tab
Users: 60,000+
Rating: 4.77
(167)
Version: 9.9 (Last updated: 2025-02-18)
Creation date: 2020-11-10
Permissions:
  • cookies
  • storage
  • topSites
  • unlimitedStorage
  • alarms
  • search
Host permissions:
  • https://oceanhero.today/*
  • https://accounts.google.com/*
Size: 8.63M
Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Helps save the environment in a fun and easy way
  • Plethora of beautiful backgrounds
  • Works well and functions as intended
  • Provides a sense of contribution to environmental efforts
  • User-friendly and easy to install
Cons
  • Uses Bing as the default search engine instead of Google
  • Lacks a dark mode for the search site, which some users prefer
Most mentioned
  • Beautiful backgrounds
  • User contribution to saving the oceans
  • Easy installation and use
  • Uses Bing for search instead of Google
  • Desire for dark mode option
User reviews
I love all the backgrounds and being able to add my friends and send gifs!
by McKenzie Verhulst, 2025-01-20

Helps save the environment in a fun and easy way.
by Ismaeel Hanif, 2024-10-07

Lovely background photos if you choose to use them. Ad revenue goes to recycling plastic. Works as intended.
by Agnethe O, 2024-06-24
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Extension safety

Risk impact

OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Request access to the following domains: oceanhero.today, google.com
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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