Ambient light for YouTube™

Immerse yourself in YouTube™ videos with ambient light!
What is Ambient light for YouTube™?
Ambient light for YouTube™ is a Chrome extension that surrounds YouTube™ videos with ambient light inside your browser. It offers features such as ambient light, removing black bars, adjusting filters, video customization, settings management, and privacy & security. It also includes advanced features and settings for the best experience.

Extension stats

Users: 10,000+
Version: 2.38.10 (Last updated: 2024-08-02)
Creation date: 2020-02-16
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 969.73K

Other platforms

Ambient light for YouTube™ (v2.38.10)
4.97 (34) 1,085+
Ambient light for YouTube™ (v2.38.10)
4.60 (29) 4,138+
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Extension summary

This extension will surround YouTube™ videos with ambient light inside your browser. No need for extra hardware like lightstrips or smart lights like ambilight, it's all in your browser!

Tip:

Are you using a widescreen or portrait monitor? Enable both the "Remove black bars" and "Fill video to screen" features to automatically fill your monitor with any video that has black bars.

Features:

  1. Ambient light
  • Blur
  • Spread
  • Fade in duration
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well for ultrawide screens
  • Enhances the viewing experience significantly
  • User-friendly and highly recommended
  • Allows for detailed customization
  • Compatible with OLED monitors
Cons
  • Search bar remains solid dark color
  • Prevents HDR content from displaying correctly
  • Limited to YouTube, not other video platforms
  • May lag videos, possibly due to Wi-Fi issues
  • Not functional in fullscreen mode
Most mentioned
  • Awesome user experience
  • Compatibility with other video platforms desired
  • Customization options highly praised
  • Recommended for OLED monitor users
  • Issues with search bar transparency and HDR
User reviews
Why it does not making search bar transparent, only problem is the search bar is in the solid dark color!! BTW its very cool & awesome
by Vishwajit, 2024-11-16

by 丸山丸山, 2024-11-14

by arda2216, 2024-10-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Ambient light for YouTube™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Ambient light for YouTube™ has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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