Better YouTube Live

Better chat experience and a simpler stream directory on YouTube Live and YouTube Gaming

Better YouTube Live - Enhance Your Streaming Experience

"Better YouTube Live" is a Chrome extension that significantly enhances the user experience on YouTube Live and Gaming. It offers an array of features including a customizable chat interface, themed chats, a personalized homepage for followed streams, desktop notifications for live streams and VODs, and support for global emotes. Streamlined to give the user complete control and convenience while using YouTube Live or Gaming.
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Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 3.64
(25)
Version: 1.0.17 (Last updated: 2023-03-28)
Creation date: 2021-11-04
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • notifications
  • alarms
  • storage
  • *://*.youtube.com/*
Size: 779.26K

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Extension summary

Better YouTube Live is a browser extension, that strives to level up YouTube Live by augmenting it with a better, more customisable chat, a new homepage for followed streams, desktop notifications, and much more.

Better YouTube Live is a browser extension that enhances both YouTube Live and YouTube Gaming with features that enrich the experience of every viewer and chatter.

It does so by allowing the user to customise the most important aspects of YouTube Live, the chat and the streams directory.

Key features of Better YouTube Live are:

  1. Customisable chat - You can change the look and the interface of the YouTube Live and YouTube Gaming chat, by tweaking each option to your liking

  2. Chat themes - If tweaking each and every option (out of the 50+), is not your cup of tea then you can select one of the pre-defined themes that customise your chat in an instant

  3. New homepage for followed streams - Every stream you follow via this extension shows up on the new homepage for livestreams that we create for you. No more do you have to look all over YouTube Live or YouTube Gaming to find your favourite streams.

  4. Notifications - As soon as one of you favourited streams goes live, you get a desktop notification that informs you! No more missing emails, or notifications that pop up after 15 minutes!

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great customization options for YouTube live chat.
  • Developer actively engages with users via Discord.
  • Improves the YouTube live chat experience significantly.
  • Has potential for future development and improvements.
Cons
  • Presence of a distracting button in the interface.
  • Extension does not work well with BTTV and 7TV.
  • Reported issues with email verification and login process.
  • Missing key features like chat filtering and pop-out chat.
  • Hasn't been updated in a while, leading to concerns about abandonment.
Most mentioned
  • Extension is broken or malfunctioning.
  • Desire for more customization and features.
  • Issues with user profile pictures not displaying.
  • Problems with signing in and email verification.
  • Positive comments on the extension's potential.
User reviews
Would have been 5 stars if that GOD AWFUL button wasn't in the top left. Make it at least a toggle able hidden thing in the settings, noone wants to see that spam in their screen.
by S, 2023-11-07

Beautiful extension but when i have profile pictures on and i write my profile picture doesnt show so please fix this and ill give it a 5 stars
by Benjamín Árnica, 2023-03-12

Trash, does not work
by Shantelle, 2023-01-24
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Better YouTube Live requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Better YouTube Live is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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