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Best alternatives to Auto HD for YouTube™ (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Auto HD for YouTube™, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Auto HD for YouTube™ today

≈1K users3.5★ from 28 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago3 permissions

Auto HD for YouTube™ alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Auto HD|LQ for YouTube™

    Play YouTube videos in the highest or lowest available quality.

    ≈4K users4.1★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago1 permissions
    • About 4.0× more users than Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Rated 0.6 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Just for Fun
  2. 2

    Auto HD 4K 8K for YouTube

    Automatically set your preferred video quality on YouTube. Enjoy videos in HD, 4K, or 8K without manually changing settings.

    718 users3.0★ from 2 ratings1 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  3. 3

    YouTube Auto HD + FPS

    Automatically set the video quality on YouTube according to its FPS!

    ≈200K users4.3★ from 1.4K ratingsUpdated 12 days ago6 permissions
    • About 200× more users than Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Rated 0.8 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
    • Listed under Just for Fun
  4. 4

    Auto HD/4k/8k for YouTube™ - YouTube™ Auto HD

    Automatically set your default YouTube™ video quality with this great new Auto HD, supporting high definition resolution HD/4k/8k.

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 6 ratings4 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
  5. 5

    Auto Quality for YouTube™

    Watch YouTube™ Videos automatically in any quality

    ≈100K users2.9★ from 397 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago8 permissions
    • About 100× more users than Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Rated 0.5 stars lower
    • Asks for more permissions (8 vs 3)
    • Listed under Accessibility
  6. 6

    Auto HD/Automatic 4K for Youtube™

    Simple Auto HD quality selector for YouTube. Up to 8k/4k (60fps/50fps/48fps/30fps) supported.

    ≈20K users4.5★ from 1.3K ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions
    • About 20× more users than Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Rated 1.0 stars higher
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
  7. 7

    Youtube Auto Quality

    Quality settings on Youtube videos will be defaulted to the highest quality possible.

    122 users3.0★ from 1 ratingUpdated 6 weeks ago1 permissions
    • About 8.2× fewer users than Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
  8. 8

    Youtube Plus

    Experience seamless video control like never before with our customizable playback speed feature for MP4 videos. Watch and…

    157 users5.0★ from 10 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago3 permissions
    • About 6.4× fewer users than Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Updated less recently
    • Listed under Accessibility
  9. 9

    YouTube Auto Quality Select

    Automatically select video quality on YouTube based on your preferences and connection stability

    213 users5.0★ from 1 rating3 permissions
    • About 4.7× fewer users than Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
  10. 10

    AutoMax YouTube Quality

    Web Extension to automatically maximize YouTube video quality

    ≈1K users4.0★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago1 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Auto HD for YouTube™
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Just for Fun

Auto HD for YouTube™ alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Auto HD for YouTube™?

By users, the most popular alternative is YouTube Auto HD + FPS with ≈200K users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Auto HD|LQ for YouTube™.

Which Auto HD for YouTube™ alternative has the best rating?

Auto HD/Automatic 4K for Youtube™ has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings.

Is there a Auto HD for YouTube™ alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Auto HD|LQ for YouTube™ asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for Auto HD for YouTube™.

How many alternatives to Auto HD for YouTube™ are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Auto HD for YouTube™ on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.