Chrome-Stats extension
AutoMute
Automatically mutes each new tab the instant it is opened.
Total ratings for AutoMute
4.30
(Rating count:
92)
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Pros
- Simple and effective
- Helpful for blocking autoplay videos and sounds
- Mute by default when opening a new tab
Cons
- Difficulty in unmute tabs
- Issues with Chrome updates
- Problems with double-domain websites
- Changed icon design
Most mentioned
- Chrome updates causing issues
- Muting troubles even for whitelisted sites
- Issues with the icon display on tabs
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Recent reviews for AutoMute
Recent rating average:
3.10
All time rating average:
4.30
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2022-10-02 |  |
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Maybe my definition of domain is different from theirs. I'm not sure this extension is worth having anymore. | |
| 2022-07-24 | |
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Simple and wonderful | |
| 2022-04-13 |  |
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Adding to the chorus: this extension used to work perfectly but something broke a couple months ago. Now, even if youtube with wildcards is on my whitelist, youtube videos opened in new tabs will be muted. I noticed that if I go into the extension options with muted tabs already open and hit 'Save', the webpages that are on the whitelist will unmute themselves. So clearly the whitelist still works, but something is now preventing the extension from automatically applying the rule to new tabs. I hope the developers can take a look and debug the issue. | |
| 2022-03-21 |  |
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Not sure why but as of today it started muting every new tab, even whitelisted pages. | |
| 2022-03-16 |  |
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Since the latest Chrome update (99) there is a weird bug where a new tab starts muted even though it's on the whitelist. Other than that a really great and simple extension. | |
| 2022-03-07 |  |
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Used to work fine but currently randomly mutes whitelisted sites. | |
| 2019-09-16 |  |
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The is the bomb. I hate websites that autoplay video and sound. This is the solution. Update: some websites have found a way around the extension's whitelist mode. You can be running in Whitelist mode and go to a site like FoxNews.com and the sound will not be muted. Oh, well. I'm glad the developer gave us something that worked for a while. Still works on a lot of sites, but they'll probably figure out a way around soon. | |
| 2019-01-10 | Robert Grutza |
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Unable to unmute tabs. Terrible. | |
| 2018-12-25 |  |
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Stopped working recently, can no longer mute/unmute from the button on the tab | |
| 2018-12-03 |  |
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Exactly what I was looking for : no sound by default when opening a web page ! Thank you automute and the developer behind it :-) |
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