Ultrawidify

Name: Ultrawidify
Rating: 3.4 (56 reviews)
Author: Tamius Han

Removes black bars on ultrawide videos and offers advanced options to fix aspect ratio.

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Ultrawidify is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your ultrawide video viewing experience by removing black bars and correcting aspect ratios. It supports popular platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, and Netflix, featuring automatic aspect ratio detection and manual adjustment options. Users can crop or stretch videos to fit their ultrawide monitors, choose from multiple aspect ratio presets, and even realign videos off-center to better suit multitasking needs. The extension offers advanced settings for manual player detection and CSS fixes, ensuring compatibility across numerous websites. Ultrawidify is ideal for users with ultrawide displays who want immersive, black-bar-free video playback without manual fiddling.

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Version:

5.1.7 Last updated: 2024-01-28

Creation date:

2021-09-19

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Permissions:

storage
activeTab
<all_urls>

Size:

3.05M

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

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Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 1,033 ▼ 67

Other rankings

#248 in Productivity ▲ 48

#9 in lift keyword 2

#35 in override keyword 20 ▲ 1

#48 in options keyword 17 ▲ 2

#81 in vimeo keyword 35 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Ultrawidify (v6.2.5)

50,000 3.35

(314)

Ultrawidify (v5.1.7)

5,630 4.12

(116)

User reviews

Ultrawidify is highly valued for enhancing viewing on ultrawide monitors, especially with YouTube videos by removing black bars and allowing borderless playback. It works well after configuring recommended browser settings and supports some streaming platforms like Disney+ and Paramount+. However, users frequently encounter compatibility issues with Netflix, Hulu, and DRM-protected content. There are performance inconsistencies at 4K resolution and occasional bugs like broken shortcuts and failures after updates. Overall, it offers a useful experience for ultrawide displays but has room for improvement in compatibility and optimization.

Pros

Excellent for ultrawide monitors, especially beneficial for YouTube videos with black bars in standard 16:9 format.
Enables borderless viewing on ultrawide monitors by removing black bars on multiple video platforms, enhancing the cinematic experience.
Works well with YouTube and some streaming services like Disney+ and Paramount+ after certain adjustments.
Has multiple settings that allow users to customize and optimize the aspect ratio stretching and cropping.
Users appreciate when recommended browser flags and settings are followed for better performance.

Cons

Does not work or is ineffective on some streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and in some cases Disney+ DRM content.
Causes glitches or breaks HDCP compatibility, affecting playback of encrypted content.
Performance issues and lag at 4K resolution; better optimized for 1080p resolution.
Shift key shortcut functionality is broken on Twitch due to video overlay.
Some users report the extension is outdated and sometimes does not work after updates or causes no effect when activated.

Recent reviews

This addon is outdated and made glitch on some videos. Better use the chrome version.

by Br*****, 2025-04-28

Best extention for ultrawide monitors ! especially for youtube video with black bar that are in 16:9

by Qu*****, 2024-06-25

it doesnt work on netflix edge, but wotk properly on netflix chrome sir

by ku*****, 2024-06-17

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Ultrawidify requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Ultrawidify has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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