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YouTube Speed Controller

by giacob500

v0.7.0 Updated Mar 16, 2026 244KiB
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Description

Use your Mouse 🖱️ or Keyboard ⌨️ to slow and accelerate the YouTube playback speed of the video you are watching. Click the '+' button to increase and '-' to decrease the playback speed. Controls appear on the top-left corner of the video player and can be dragged where you prefer. This extension makes you save clicks. No more clicking through YouTube sub-menus while you try to find the interesting parts of a video, just adjust as you go. Settings page let you customize your experience even more. ⭐Features: - Adjust video speed with a single click/keyboard stroke. - Works instantly after installation (refresh the page if it does not). - Change default speed steps (e.g., from 0.25 to any value) in the settings. - Change minimum and maximum speed (e.g., from 0 to 16) in the settings. ✍️Change-log: v 0.6.0 - 16/02/2026 - Added customisable keyboard shortcuts for speed control (Premium only) v 0.5.1 - 09/02/2026 - Refactored UI v 0.5.0 - 01/02/2026 - Introduced Premium v 0.4.1 - 23/01/2026 - Bug fixes v 0.4.0 - 20/01/2026 - Major refactor: Complete rewrite following KISS principles and maintainability-first design - Bug fixes - Removed dead code and simplified positioning logic - Maintained backwards compatibility with existing user settings v 0.3.4 - Added support for embedded YouTube players outside youtube.com, including youtube-nocookie iframes v 0.3 - Added "leave a review" section - Added settings/options page - Added Google Analytics tagging v 0.2 - First public verison - (Much) Improved design logo - Thinner controller design - Added "donate" section v 0.1 - Created test files
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alarms Can schedule periodic background tasks contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 0.7.0
Updated Mar 16, 2026
Size 244KiB
First Seen Mar 22, 2026