Hover Play

Play live streams just by hovering over the thumbnail! Works with Twitch Youtube & Facebook. Avoid having to click through to live…

Hover Play - Play live streams by hovering over the thumbnail

Hover Play is a Chrome extension that allows you to play live streams and videos on Twitch, Youtube, and Facebook by simply hovering over the thumbnail. Avoid the need to click through and see what they're showing. Works with many more sites coming soon. Easily customizable in the extension options.
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Extension stats

Users: 171
-14
Rating: 4.00
(4)
Version: 0.0.1 (Last updated: 2019-09-25)
Creation date: 2019-09-25
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • https://www.facebook.com/*
  • https://www.youtube.com/*
  • https://www.twitch.tv/*
  • storage
Size: 749.57K

Other platforms

Hover X1 (v2.20.1)
2.98 (172) 38,925+
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Play live streams just by hovering over the thumbnail! Works with Twitch Youtube & Facebook.

Avoid having to click through to live streams/ videos to see what they're showing. Instead just hover over them to get a player in the bottom right of your screen. Many more sites coming soon.

If you only want Hover Play to run on certain sites, you can easily change it in the extension options. Just right click on the extension icon, the click the 'Options' button.

User reviews

Black box pops up when I hover, but nothing happens besides that..
by Maxwell Wilson, 2024-07-07

add option for video size and add delay on hover
by ivan dan, 2024-06-09

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hover Play requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Hover Play has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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