5 Unique Additions Will Bring New Features to Google Chrome

Unhook is one of the extensions that I never do without, as I use it to hide YouTube comments that can often be annoying or distracting. In fact, Unhook is a specialized extension to get rid of distractions on the YouTube site, which may bother you while watching videos, for example, it will rid you of suggested videos that appear on the side while watching a specific video, popular video page, notifications, homepage recommendations, etc.

For example, personally, I use this extension to stay focused on the video I am watching and get rid of all distractions that make me jump from one video to another without completing any, also I use it to stay focused on subscriptions only and not waste my time on unimportant content. Also, as I mentioned earlier, I hide comments that are often distracting. After installing the extension, click on its icon, and you will see all the options that number more than 20 options, activate those that suit your use of YouTube, and enjoy a simpler and less distracting YouTube version. [Extension link]

As is clear from the name, Web Translate is an extension to translate texts and pages on the Google Chrome browser. The distinctive feature of this extension, besides the beautiful and simple interface, is that it contains several translation services and brings them together in one place, which are: Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, DeepL Translator, Yandex Translate, Baidu Translator, and it allows you to choose between these services while doing the translation in case you are not satisfied with a certain translation. Using the extension is very simple, after installing the extension, you can click on the extension icon from the toolbar, and the translation service will open directly for you, which you can change by clicking Settings from the side menu where you will find the Translation provider option, then select the translation service you want.

You can also select the part you want to translate, then right-click and select the Translate option that carries the extension icon and the text will be translated directly without opening any external sites or pages. [Extension link]

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You may not agree with me on this, but listening to something is easier than reading it, as you do not have to look for time to sit and read, but you can put on your earphones anytime and start listening. And now, what if you could turn any online article into an audio podcast and listen to it anytime? Wouldn’t this save you a lot of time? Well, the Audiblogs extension allows you to do this through the use of the latest artificial intelligence technologies.

After installing the extension, click on its icon and open an account on the service, then go to any article (the extension supports Arabic language) and click on the extension icon and then press the Add Article button, then go to Playlist and you will find the article you added, from there you can listen to it directly by clicking on it, or you can download it to your device as an audio file to listen to later, or you can use the Share option to get the sharing link to listen to it later from another device. [Extension link]

The Mue extension will help you get out of the monotonous routine of the new tab pages you encounter every time you open a new tab, instead of the usual boring look with a single color and the Google search engine logo in the middle, you will be met with a beautiful background with an inspirational quote, and above it the current time will be displayed in a beautiful and eye-friendly way, and at the top of the page, you will find the search box, and on the opposite side, you can add any notes you want to remember later. Finally, and not least, there are the Settings where you can customize how the new tab page appears completely.

In case you get bored of the background or the quote, you can click on the Refresh button located in the top corner next to the settings button, and the background and quote will be changed to something else. It is good to have extensions like Mue so that you can increase your productivity by being freed from seeing the same boring appearance repeatedly, as well as displaying inspirational and motivational quotes. [Extension link]

We finish with the distinctive and comprehensive ImprovedTube extension, which offers you more than 85 useful features to enhance your experience with YouTube. Honestly, I do not know where to start with this comprehensive extension that will change your use of the YouTube site entirely. After installing the extension, click on its icon from the toolbar, where you will see the tool divisions and the features provided by this extension, for example, we have General which contains features like the ability to change the YouTube homepage to another page like subscriptions, we also have Appearance which allows you to change the appearance of the YouTube site, I mean the position of comments, the position of the video player, etc.

We also have Themes where you can change fonts and the predominant theme, for example, you can use the Black theme which is better than the night mode or the Dark theme provided by YouTube. You also have Player where you can fully customize the YouTube video player. Lastly, after activating the Blacklist feature, you can block videos and channels that you do not want to see their videos. All this and more are provided by the ImprovedTube extension, which I will leave you the freedom to explore all of its distinctive features. Honestly, after trying this extension, it seems that I will not be able to do without it. [Extension link]