Annotations Restored for YouTube™

Annotations Restored for YouTube™

Bring annotation support back to YouTube™!

What is Annotations Restored for YouTube™?
Annotations Restored for YouTube™ is a ground-breaking Chrome extension designed to bring back the valuable annotation feature that YouTube discontinued in 2019. It does this by scanning the net for any archived annotation files and presenting them on the appropriate videos. In addition, users may load locally saved annotation files (.xml) onto the video of choice, thereby preserving the interactivity and additional information that annotations once provided.
Stats
Users: 20,000+
Rating: 4.28 (95)
Version: 1.2.1 (Last updated: 2023-06-26)
Creation date: 2020-01-21
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 360.45K
URLs: Website
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Annotations Restored for YouTube™ (v1.2)
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On January 15 2019, YouTube decided to discontinue annotations. While the feature was frequently abused, it did have many legitimate use cases, such as games, corrections, and a form of commentary that could be toggled on and off. The removal left many older videos obsolete. Annotations Restored fixes this by searching for any archived annotation files and displaying them if found.

Join the Discord!: https://discord.gg/v7xMm2r8wH

LATEST CHANGES (1.2.1)

  • Added Discord link to popup
  • Support for Portuguese by Gersonzao
  • Support for Polish by Kamil K

USAGE The extension will automatically look for a copy of a video's annotations online and display them if found. Annotation files (.xml) that you have saved locally can also be loaded into the current video using the popup.

PERMISSIONS Access your data for www.youtube.com

  • Required to load the annotations into the video player
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User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Restores old YouTube annotations
  • Useful for watching old interactive videos
  • Brings back nostalgia
Cons
  • May not work for some users
  • Compatibility issues with updates
  • Some users experience it not showing annotations
Most mentioned
  • restores annotations
  • brings back nostalgia
  • useful for watching old videos
  • compatibility issues
Recent reviews
It's broken for me.

this is so good, but i thought that when youtube deletes annotations, all the annotations made would be deleted too??
by Phạm Tài Phạm Tài, 2023-12-17

thanks! i can now play an old youtube interactive that had annotations
by what dude what dude, 2023-12-02
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Safety
Risk impact

Annotations Restored for YouTube™ is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Annotations Restored for YouTube™ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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