Tab Playlist for YouTube™

Name: Tab Playlist for YouTube™
Rating: 4.333333333333333 (30 reviews)
Author: metarmask

Lets you make a playlist by simply lining up tabs

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Tab Playlist for YouTube™ is a Chrome extension designed to simplify your video watching experience on YouTube. It allows you to create a temporary playlist by simply lining up your browser tabs with different YouTube videos. Once activated, the extension automatically switches to the next tab's video when the current one finishes, creating a seamless viewing session without manual intervention.

Using the middle mouse button, users can easily organize and queue videos in the order they want to watch. It supports only the HTML5 player, so ensure it's enabled by visiting https://www.youtube.com/html5. This extension is perfect for users who prefer quick and flexible playlist creation without the need to build traditional YouTube playlists.

Extension Productivity Video Utilities

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Version:

0.4 Last updated: 2024-12-28

Creation date:

2018-07-15

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
declarativeContent
scripting

Host permissions:

https://www.youtube.com/

Size:

1.49MB

Email:

ih*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-11

Ranking

# 22,768 ▲ 137

Other rankings

#3013 in Just for Fun ▲ 9 #13 in playlist keyword 17 #258 in tab keyword 74

User reviews

'Tab Playlist for YouTube™' is praised for simplifying and automating playback of multiple YouTube tabs, offering an effective lightweight tool that users love. However, recurring issues include lack of fullscreen persistence during tab switches, incompatibility with tab suspension extensions causing high RAM usage, limited playback controls, and occasionally broken settings UI. Many users suggest improvements such as maintaining fullscreen mode, more playback order options, and better management of tab closure settings. Overall, it remains a popular and useful extension for users managing many YouTube videos.

Pros

Simple and easy to use with a lightweight design.
Effectively automates YouTube tab playback, saving time and enhancing user experience.
Highly appreciated by users who regularly open multiple YouTube tabs to watch videos.
Useful alternative to YouTube's native playlist feature, especially for ad-hoc video queues.
Generally reliable and fulfills its promised functionality.

Cons

Does not maintain fullscreen mode when switching tabs, causing reduced video visibility.
Incompatibility with tab suspension extensions like The Great Suspender leads to higher RAM usage.
Limited playback control options, such as only playing tabs in left-to-right order and inability to stop the playback sequence easily.
The 'Close tab when complete' feature can be surprising and may need to be disabled by default.
Broken or non-functional options pop-up and occasional non-working experiences reported by some users.

Recent reviews

When a tab is switched, my fullscreen display shrinks. It would be practical if the new tab also automatically went to fullscreen. How am I suppose lay down on my bed and relax while watching the videos on a smaller and less visible screen size?

Ca*****, 2025-01-14

This is one my fav addons, thank you!

Ef*****, 2024-05-08

excellent app. I wish I found this earlier.

An*****, 2024-05-05

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Extension safety

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Tab Playlist for YouTube™ requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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Tab Playlist for YouTube™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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