VolumeUp - Sound booster

Increase your max volume! Amplify sound by up to 600%. Control sound of any tab using audio equalizer.

What is VolumeUp - Sound booster?

VolumeUp - Sound booster is a popular Chrome extension by Volume Booster. This extension has 730,447 weekly active users, a good user rating of 4.76, and is most similar to Volume Booster 2023 - It's your sound control and Sound Booster. The latest version, 1.5, was updated a month ago.

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By: Volume Booster

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Users: 730,447 ▲ 1.52K

Rating: 4.76 (334) ▲ 5 new ratings

Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2023-05-02)

Creation date: 2022-01-19

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
tabCapture
tabs
storage

Size: 86.76K

Email: Click to see

URLs: Privacy policy

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

ChromeStats Rank

# 563 ▲ 22

Other rankings

#8 in Fun

#1 in increase keyword

Summary

A volume booster is a browser extension to control and boost the volume of audio playing per tab.

When you open a site with audio, you get, at the most, two options to control the volume. The operating system provides one option, and it is always available. It changes the volume of the entire web browser, however.

The second option is provided by the browser or the site the audio is playing. You may get individual sound controls or use the browser's muting functionality to mute audio playback.

Volume booster adds sound control options to the browser. One of its main features is that it can change the sound of each tab individually.

If you happen to play a too-loud or barely audible video or audio clip in the browser in a tab, you may use it to either reduce the volume of that tab or boost the sound by up to 600%, all without changing the default volume of the web browser or impacting the sound in any other browser tab.

All you need to do is click on the extension icon in the tab that is playing audio. The extension displays a volume slider that you may use to change the volume. The icon of the extension indicates the volume level at any time so that you see it at first glance.

Boosting works similarly to reducing the volume, only that you don't stop at 100% but can jack the volume up to 600%. The change takes effect immediately so that you may adjust the volume as you see fit.

Another helpful feature is listing all tabs with audio playback in the interface. A click on a listing switches to the tab immediately so that you may control the audio or other functionality on that tab.

User reviews

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Pros

Does not break FullScreen mode
Resets easily
Displays volume boost in icon
Shows which tabs are using it
Does not cause sound distortion

Cons

Most mentioned

Does not break FullScreen mode
Resets easily
Displays volume boost in icon
Shows which tabs are using it
Does not cause sound distortion
Keyboard shortcut for mute/unmute
Dark mode option

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Safety

Risk impact

VolumeUp - Sound booster requires a lot of risky permissions and is not safe to use. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

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Risk likelihood

VolumeUp - Sound booster has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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