News Tab - New Tab Page Replacement

An Google Now themed top news stories reader for your New Tab page

What is News Tab - New Tab Page Replacement?

News Tab - New Tab Page Replacement is a Chrome extension that replaces your New Tab page with a Google Now themed page. It includes a Google search bar, top stories from Google News, weather forecast, custom image upload, and various customization options.

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Stats

By: DFProductivity

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Users: 400 ▼ -15

Rating: 4.38 (13)

Version: 0.1.6 (Last updated: 2018-12-10)

Creation date: 2018-12-09

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

https://news.google.com/
https://query.yahooapis.com/
storage
topSites
chrome://favicon/
unlimitedStorage

Size: 9.50M

Email: ip*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 41580 ▼ 673

Other rankings

#13678 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 51

#48 in news keyword 31 ▼ 4

#66 in replace keyword 11 ▼ 7

#76 in forecast keyword 25 ▼ 1

#155 in topic keyword 1 ▼ 5

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Summary

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Update 0.1.4: You can now upload your own images! Update 0.1.2: Added weather forecast and more speed improvements.

News Tab is 🔥CRAZY FAST🔥

The fastest new tab page replacement. Fully loads in less than 300 milliseconds!

Replace your New Tab page with a Google Now themed page. Your New Tab page will now a Google search bar and the top stories from Google News.

Features:

Show top stores from Google News
Show your most visited websites
Dark Mode
12 different themes
Current weather and forecast weather

User reviews

No option for adding custom RSS news feed, like Local News. There was a review from May 9, 2017, that also mentioned this. Glad to see the dark theme and clean UI, otherwise.

Jeff State, 2019-01-02

great! but need Greater font

F, 2017-10-27

erg goede app. ziet er ook erg mooi uit.

Simon Dol, 2017-10-21

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Safety

Risk impact

News Tab - New Tab Page Replacement may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.