OceanHero: Save Our Oceans by Surfing the Web

OceanHero: Save Our Oceans by Surfing the Web

Our environment friendly new tab sets your search bar to OceanHero. With each search you protect the ocean and reduce plastic waste.

What is OceanHero: Save Our Oceans by Surfing the Web?
OceanHero: Save Our Oceans by Surfing the Web is a Chrome extension transforming your searches and new tabs into a force for good. It donates to ocean cleaning for every five searches, allowing users to contribute to removing plastic waste from our oceans. The updated new tab page features custom backgrounds, HD images, smart search, games, and a counter showing your impact. Partnered with environmental organizations, OceanHero is a novel approach to engage in digital activism and protect marine environments while respecting user privacy.
Stats
Users: 80,000+
Version: 6.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-03-20)
Creation date: 2020-06-15
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • cookies
  • storage
  • topSites
  • unlimitedStorage
  • alarms
Host permissions:
  • https://oceanhero.today/*
  • https://accounts.google.com/*
Size: 12.04M
Stats date:

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Summary
Analyze keywords

✨ What's New

• Video backgrounds • Icon to quickly change backgrounds • Updated search results page • Bug fixes

Description:

⭐️ How it Works

On average, OceanHero can collect one plastic bottle for every five searches you complete, or every 17 new tabs you open. That means by using our browser extension with OceanHero as your default search destination you can help contribute to cleaning the planet and protecting our environment by removing plastic from the ocean.

🐋 Our Impact

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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Easy way to help the environment
  • Beautiful new tab wallpapers
  • Option to choose search engine
  • Fun minigames
  • Positive messages
Cons
  • Issues with location detection
  • Bugs with collect with friends function and mini games
  • Difficulties with changing background
  • Issues with account recovery
Most mentioned
  • Helping the ocean
  • Beautiful new tab wallpapers
  • Issues with location detection
  • Bugs with collect with friends function and mini games
Recent reviews
Love it but I need dark theme to operate and it has not. Will come back when it has one.
by Catarina Torres Catarina Torres, 2024-03-21

Loved it but can't use it anymore too because it thinks I'm in China and I don't know how to set it back. This Happened just recently, I had it for like 500 bottles and then it started doing this.
by Hank Gilchrist Hank Gilchrist, 2024-03-13

Was very good, felt good about having it installed, nice pics. Unfortunately, i can't use it anymore as it thinks I'm in China when googling stuff. :(
by Liam Liam, 2024-02-12
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Safety
Risk impact

OceanHero: Save Our Oceans by Surfing the Web 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 OceanHero: Save Our Oceans by Surfing the Web if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

OceanHero: Save Our Oceans by Surfing the Web has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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