# Facebook Video Controls

> Enable video controls on Facebook reels and stories

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/facebook-video-controls](https://chrome-stats.com/d/facebook-video-controls)

## Overview

- **ID:** `facebook-video-controls`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** yacine-bens
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 769
- **Weekly downloads:** 8
- **Rating:** 4.06 / 5 (17 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-15
- **First published:** 2024-04-14
- **Size:** 123 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/facebook-video-controls/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/yacine-bens](https://github.com/yacine-bens)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #3,848 — Overall
- #17 — facebook
- #47 — self control
- #49 — control
- #72 — story
- #100 — fact

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `scripting`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/facebook-video-controls)