User Agent Switcher - Chrome Extension
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User Agent Switcher is simple, but powerful extension. And much easier to use the Internet, regardless of which browser or operating system you prefer. It adds a toolbar button that you can use to toggle between different commonly used user agent strings.
So what’s a User Agent?
A user agent is a small text description of your device that is sent with every web request. Websites can detect the browser you’re using and serve different content - this is why iPhone and Android users see special mobile websites when they browse the web.
With this chrome extension, you can quickly and easily switch between user-agent strings. Also, you can set up specific URLs that you want to spoof every time.
Changing User-Agent allows you to mimic, spoof or fake other browsers, devices or search engine spiders.
Note: Sometimes problems may occur after using a mobile user-agent, and won't switch back no matter what you spoof, you will need to switch the user-agent back to Chrome and clear your cookies for the sites to treat the browser normally again!
User reviews
- Easy to use
- Very handy and useful
- Supports custom user agent strings
- Can help with YouTube restrictions
- Doesn't work for all applications (like Roblox)
- Some emulated versions are outdated
- Settings do not open properly for some users
- Functionality issues
- Ease of use
- Success in bypassing restrictions (like for YouTube)
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Risk impact
User Agent Switcher requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
User Agent Switcher has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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