OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab

Our environment friendly new tab sets your search bar to OceanHero. With each search you protect the ocean and reduce plastic waste.

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OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab

OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab is a LITE Chrome extension that allows you to search normally while raising awareness for ocean conservation. By using our background images, you can support the collection of ocean-bound plastic waste with every search. This extension updates your new tab page to provide easy access to OceanHero features and showcases the impact of our community efforts in reducing plastic pollution.

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Extension stats

By: https://oceanhero.today

Users: 70,000+

10.00K

Rating: 4.77

(166)

Version: 8.7 (Last updated: 2024-11-29)

Creation date: 2020-11-10

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

cookies
storage
topSites
unlimitedStorage
alarms

Host permissions:

https://oceanhero.today/*
https://accounts.google.com/*

Size: 8.85M

Email: he*****@oceanhero.today

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 2,851 ▲ 247

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Extension summary

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★ This is the LITE version of OceanHero ★

This extension let's you keep performing your searches with your normal default search but you can use our background pictures and see how many ocean-bound plastic bottles our users have collected together.

★ Learn more about OceanHero ★

To learn more about OceanHero, please visit our website at https://oceanhero.today

★ Permissions ★

Like any other extension OceanHero needs certain permissions to function properly:

"Read and change data on all websites": This permission allows us to highlight companies on websites that pollute the environment. "Communicate with cooperating websites": These permissions are needed to communicate with our web services. "Replace the page that you see when opening a new tab": We will update your new tab page so that you can easily search with OceanHero every time you open a new tab. "Read a list of your most frequented websites": The extension needs this permission to display your most frequently visited sites on the new tab page.

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!

McKenzie Verhulst, 2025-01-20

Helps save the environment in a fun and easy way.

Ismaeel Hanif, 2024-10-07

Bryce Wilson, 2024-09-27

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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 likelihood

OceanHero: Save Our Oceans with Every New Tab is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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