Better YouTube Live

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

What is Better YouTube Live?

"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

By: https://betteryoutube.live

View on Chrome Web Store

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: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

notifications
alarms
storage
*://*.youtube.com/*

Size: 779.26K

Email: su*****@betteryt.live

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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# 24906 ▼ 78

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Extension summary

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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:

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
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
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.
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!

User reviews

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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.

Recent 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.