Netflix Lens is now CineLens

CineLens, Your Netflix streaming assistant.

What is Netflix Lens is now CineLens?

CineLens, formerly known as Netflix Lens, is a dynamic Chrome extension designed to enhance your Netflix streaming. With CineLens, you can gain insights into your favourite actors, movies, and TV shows without needing to hit pause or leave Netflix. It provides information like cast, song details, trivia and more, right on the platform. Additionally, it equips you with IMDb ratings, movie descriptions, and trailers. It also collaborates with Google to fetch ratings, YouTube for trailers & songs, and TuneFind & JustWatch for songs and streaming info respectively.

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By: Red Labs

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 4.36 (45)

Version: 2.09 (Last updated: 2023-12-16)

Creation date: 2021-01-18

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://*.netflix.com/*
*://*.imdb.com/*
*://*.google.com/*
*://*.youtube.com/*
*://*.tunefind.com/*
*://*.justwatch.com/*

Size: 813.06K

Email: k.*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 22824 ▼ 201

Other rankings

#322 in Entertainment ▲ 4

#36 in netflix keyword 65 ▼ 2

#91 in episode keyword 3 ▼ 1

#197 in song keyword 55 ▲ 1

#237 in movie keyword 32 ▲ 12

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Summary

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Update Dec'23: CineLens is working again 🎉🎉

Stop scratching your head wondering, “Who is that actor?” or “Which is that song?”. CineLens helps you learn more about your favourite actors, movies and TV shows on Netflix.

Get cast, songs, trivia and more about your favourite TV Shows & Movies on Netflix without pressing pause to check your phone, without disrupting the viewing experience.

You can play songs on the Netflix itself..

Clicking on any title will reveal information about that movie or series including ratings, cast, descriptions and trailers.

Permission required

Netflix : To update the CineLens view on Netflix
IMDb: To show image gallery in CineLens view
Google: To show rating & streaming info
YouTube: To show trailers & songs

User reviews

User reviews summary

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

It provides additional information to users such as cast and trivia during Netflix streaming.
Can also be used with Disney Plus and Hulu.
Has a clean user interface, loads quickly and does not slow down Netflix.
Users find it helpful in identifying the songs used in shows.

Cons

It stopped working on Chrome around April 2022
Can't be used with Netflix's 'Report a Problem' flag.
The extension no longer appears when watching a movie on Netflix.
The lens text that should be clickable does not appear anymore.

Most mentioned

Users are very disappointed that the extension has stopped working.
Users loved the additional information provided during their Netflix streaming.
The extension didn't just work with Netflix, but also Disney Plus and Hulu.

Recent reviews

It was amazing... Unfortunately it stopped working on Chrome around Apr 2022 Netflix's "Report A Problem" Flag is placed exactly over the Lens Button, hiding it completely - and even blocking the flag with an ad blocker doesn't help - it seems to block both or nothing at all :(

Zerafina, 2023-11-03

It's not working right now :(

Alberto C., 2023-07-11

No longer works on Chrome, sadly.

Matthew Saunders, 2022-12-26

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Safety

Risk impact

Netflix Lens is now CineLens is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Netflix Lens is now CineLens if you trust the publisher.