Currently

Currently

Replace new tab screen with current time and weather.

What is Currently?
"Currently" is a Chrome extension that replaces your new tab screen with the current time and weather, while providing convenient web search.
Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-05-20
By: Currently
Users: 70,000+
Rating: 4.05 (2,041)
Version: 5.1.1 (Last updated: 2021-08-29)
Creation date: 2021-01-18
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • geolocation
Size: 30.48M
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Summary

Currently is a simple extension that replaces your "New Tab" screen with a new one that shows you the current time and the weather while providing convenient web search powered by Yahoo.

Permissions & Reasons Used

Our extension uses the minimum permissions required:

Permission: "geolocation" Reason: "In order for Currently to display accurate weather information for your area, it requires the ability to query your Latitude and Longitude."

User reviews
It appears they have recently put a crypto miner into this extension.. Whenever I have the currently tabopen, my CPU goes to 100% usage and the minute I go to another tab it goes down again. This is disgusting.
by Fabian van Koppen Fabian van Koppen, 2022-03-27

love it, but little heavy 29mb
by Jamie Ng Jamie Ng, 2021-11-28

New Update VERY BAD AND UGLY!!! EDIT: NEW DEVELOPER. DO NOT TRUST. HIJACKS SEARCH ENGINE. SPAMWARE
by Sanutep Chan Sanutep Chan, 2021-09-26
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Safety
Risk impact

Currently is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Currently may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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