# SnapNews Timer

> Summarize news articles with estimated reading times.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/snapnews-timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/snapnews-timer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `snapnews-timer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sierrah
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-21
- **First published:** 2025-01-21
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/snapnews-timer/)

## Description

SnapNews Timer provides estimated reading times for both the full article and the summarized version, helping readers decide how much time to spend on each article.

## Rankings

- #133,124 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/snapnews-timer)