Audio Only Youtube

Audio Only Youtube

Enables you to disable video streams on youtube and listen audio

What is Audio Only Youtube?
"Audio Only Youtube" is a Chrome extension purposed for consumers who prefer listening to Youtube audio. By disabling the video stream, it lets users save on data usage by over 50%. It is conveniently enabled or disabled through an icon in the extension bar. Any kind of contributions are welcomed to this open-source project, licensed under GPLv3.
Stats
Users: 100,000+
Rating: 4.18 (629)
Version: 0.10.0 (Last updated: 2023-06-25)
Creation date: 2020-05-28
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • webRequest
  • storage
Host permissions:
  • *://www.youtube.com/*
  • *://music.youtube.com/*
  • *://*.googlevideo.com/*
Size: 30.32K
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Summary

"Audio only youtube" chrome extension enables you to disable only video on youtube which saves internet usage more than 50% when you want to listen songs on youtube.

Note: It doesn't support Youtube Live Videos.

You can enable/disable it by just clicking on the icon shown in the extension bar.

Audio only youtube is an open-source project licensed under GPLv3. You can find sources here :

https://github.com/Ashish-Bansal/audio-only-youtube

Any kind of contributions to the project are welcomed and thanks to all who contributed to this project!

User reviews
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Pros
  • Reduces internet usage
  • Reduces CPU usage
  • Works well when it does
Cons
  • Doesn't work for live streams
  • Can be unreliable
  • Issues with YouTube Music
Most mentioned
  • Stopped working
  • Reduces internet usage
  • Reduces CPU usage
  • Issues with YouTube Music
Recent reviews

by 심심해 심심해, 2024-02-29

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Safety
Risk impact

Audio Only Youtube is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood

Audio Only Youtube has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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