Better YouTube Shorts

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

Better YouTube Shorts - Control Your Viewing Experience

"Better YouTube Shorts" is a Chrome extension that enhances your YouTube Shorts experience by providing controls like playback speed, volume adjustment, and a progress bar. It includes features like seeking, auto-skipping, fullscreen support, and customizable keybinds. With support for multiple languages and extra functionalities such as auto-opening the comment section and hiding overlays, it aims to give you greater control over how you watch Shorts on YouTube.

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Extension stats

By: Young Shung

Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.35

(199)

0.02

Version: 3.7.2 (Last updated: 2024-11-11)

Creation date: 2023-08-26

Permissions:

storage

Size: 108.54K

Email: *****@ynshung.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 4,689 ▲ 74

Other rankings

#1723 in Functionality & UI ▲ 3

#3 in youtube shorts keyword 87

#63 in volume control keyword 49 ▲ 10

#87 in trademark keyword 8 ▼ 39

#97 in progress keyword 35

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Better YouTube Shorts (v3.7.2)

6,646+ 4.60

(80)

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Cons

Not working since recent YouTube updates
Lack of updates or maintenance
Missing features such as volume control and audio track switching

Most mentioned

Stopped working after a YouTube update
Users previously enjoyed the extension but now find it useless
Desire for updates to restore functionality

User reviews

Does not work, usless

Fox Snow, 2025-03-01

Y'all it's not working anymore since September 2024

Kryzys, 2025-02-02

シークバー動かないただしこれ以前までずっと動いてたんです、youtubeのアップデートかなにかで効かなくなったとても使えただけに残念

三毛猫どっとこむ, 2025-01-24

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Better YouTube Shorts requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Better YouTube Shorts. Use it at your own risk.

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