Better YouTube Shorts

Take back the controls on YouTube Shorts with playback, volume, progress bar and more!

What is Better YouTube Shorts?

"Better YouTube Shorts" is a Chrome extension designed to enhance the user experience of watching YouTube Shorts. It adds a suite of customizable controls typically found in regular YouTube video players such as a visible progress bar, playback speed adjustment, volume control, and custom keybinds. Additionally, the extension supports features like auto-skipping, fullscreen mode, showing the view count, and the ability to start videos from the beginning. It is open-source and supports multiple languages, catering to a diverse user base. This tool is meant for those looking to have greater control and an improved viewing experience on YouTube Shorts.

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By: Young Shung

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Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.60 (175)

Version: 3.7.2 (Last updated: 2024-04-08)

Creation date: 2023-08-26

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

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Size: 108.54K

Email: *****@ynshung.com

Ranking

# 4928 ▼ 13

Other rankings

#427 in Functionality & UI

#6 in youtube shorts keyword 37

#51 in volume control keyword 49 ▲ 18

#88 in progress keyword 30 ▼ 1

#101 in suggestion keyword 20 ▼ 1

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Better YouTube Shorts (v3.7.2)

4.69

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Extension summary

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⏭️ Control your YouTube Shorts just like a normal YouTube video! Features include progress bar, seeking, playback speed, auto skip and more. You can also customize the keybinds to your liking!

List of features:

Progress bar at the bottom with time and duration
Seeking 5 seconds backward and forward with arrow keys (adjustable time)
Mini timestamp and speed above the like button (can be scrolled on!)
Fullscreen support with F key and double click
Decrease and increase playback speed with keys U and O
Click the speed button to revert to normal speed or toggle between different speeds
Toggle to auto skip short when current one ends
Control volume with the volume slider or with - and =, mute audio with M
Customizable keybinds
🌐 Supports more than 10 languages!

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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

Enhances autoplay functionality for YouTube Shorts
Intuitive interface for easy navigation
Works great on standard Google Chrome

Cons

Progress bar functionality is inconsistent or missing
Issues with compatibility on Chrome beta and dev versions
Cannot switch audio tracks on Shorts

Most mentioned

Progress bar issues (not shown or non-functional)
Auto-scroll feature causing frustration
Arrow keys functioning for navigation

Recent reviews

When going to or coming out from full screen, the short gets skipped automatically

brave person, 2024-09-22

Pipe Bomb, 2024-09-18

very good, but it's missing a feature: we can't switch audio track on shorts. i don't know why youtube did that, and i hate them for it, but i have to find an alternative. and there isn't for now