Facebook Video Controls

Name: Facebook Video Controls
Rating: 3.9333 (15 reviews)
Author: yacine-bens

By: yacine-bens

Enable video controls on Facebook reels and stories

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Features & Capabilities

Enhance your Facebook video watching with the Facebook Video Controls browser extension. This tool unlocks essential playback features for Facebook Reels and Stories, including play/pause, volume adjustment, playback speed control, and fullscreen mode. Customize your viewing experience seamlessly without leaving the platform.

The extension is easy to use and improves your control over video content on Facebook, making it ideal for users who want more flexibility while watching Reels and Stories. The icon for this extension was thoughtfully designed by Freepik - Flaticon, adding to its polished appearance.

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Version:

1.1.1 Last updated: 2025-08-15

Version code:

6013394

Creation date:

2024-04-14

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Size:

122.74KB

Email:

ya*****@gmail.com

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Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-05

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 3,732 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#16 in facebook keyword 54

#46 in self control keyword 44 ▼ 1

#48 in control keyword 47

#66 in story keyword 21 ▼ 1

#94 in fact keyword 9

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Facebook Video Controls (v1.1.1)

7,000 4.19

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Developed by:

yacine-bens

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/facebook-video-controls/

Email:

ya*****@gmail.com

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https://github.com/yacine-bens

Permission Change History

2025-08-15: Version 1.1.0 → 1.1.1

Remove Permissions: declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Remove Optional permissions: https://*/*

2025-01-08: Version 1.0.1 → 1.0.9

Add Permissions: declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess

Add Optional permissions: *://*.facebook.com/* https://*/*

2024-06-02: Version 0.0.4 → 1.0.1

Add Permissions: storage

User Reviews

Users praise the add-on for restoring video controls, saving videos, and cross‑platform reliability, but privacy concerns (Mellowtel/background activity) and occasional UI glitches (requiring page refresh) temper the experience.

Pros

Provides Facebook video controls that FB itself doesn't include by default.
Generally reliable and works well for most videos across Windows and Ubuntu.
Allows saving/downloading Facebook videos via right-click.
Offers an opt-out option to use the add-on while avoiding extra third-party load.
Widely regarded as useful and effective across multiple reviews.

Cons

Privacy concerns: Mellowtel/background activity and the addon loading on all URLs.
Occasional reliability issues: video controls don't always appear and may require a page refresh.

Recent reviews

In fact, it doesn't add anything. Restart the tab Ctrl+Shift+R, restart Firefox with different User Profiles with or without other add-ons, and finally restart the whole machine. There is no additional cost to what we currently have. And we have absolutely nothing. This add-on does nothing at all.

by Ma*****, 2026-02-19

* The optional permissions is breaking the FB reels page. The reels controls/buttons (like, share, messages, more options) are vanishing then this optional permission is active. Disabling the optional permission seems to fix (buttons are showing again) after a page refresh. *Also when activating this addon from contextual makes those buttons vanish again. Problem occurs on Mercury 115.11.0esr (64-bit) (a fork of Firefox) & Win 10

by Ch*****, 2025-11-21

Very erratic. Volume jumps to max a lot even when you have it set to a low setting. Clicking on video to pause requires two clicks when using this addon when it should only need one.

by Fi*****, 2025-10-27

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Is Facebook Video Controls Safe?

Risk impact

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Facebook Video Controls does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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Facebook Video Controls is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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