Best alternatives to Highlights for YouTube (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Highlights for YouTube, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Ambient Light for YouTube
Adds an ambient glow around YouTube videos that follows the colors of the picture.
≈3K users4.5★ from 4 ratings1 permissions- About 1.5× more users than Highlights for YouTube
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Youtube-tube
This simulates the CRT in Youtube
215 users4.3★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago2 permissions- About 9.3× fewer users than Highlights for YouTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
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Classic Watch Layout for YouTube
Restores YouTube's classic watch page: description and comments under the video, recommended videos in the sidebar.
564 users5.0★ from 10 ratings2 permissions- About 3.5× fewer users than Highlights for YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
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Dmooji - YouTube Danmaku
Add interactive Danmaku (danmu) comments to YouTube videos! Watch together and engage with others through floating comments.
≈20K users3.4★ from 1.7K ratingsUpdated 8 months ago3 permissions- About 10× more users than Highlights for YouTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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YouTube HDR Switch
A simple switch to easily enable or disable HDR video on YouTube, improving color abnormalities and protecting your eyes.
331 users3.7★ from 3 ratings4 permissions- About 6.0× fewer users than Highlights for YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
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YouTube Booster
Video speed, AI summary, Subtitles, audio normalization, OSINT, auto pause, looped #shorts, video markers, keywords, and more...
≈8K users3.2★ from 30 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago3 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Highlights for YouTube
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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YouTube Live
YouTube Live is a Chrome extension that shows your favorite YouTube LIVE channels in a popup.
489 users4.6★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago5 permissions- About 4.1× fewer users than Highlights for YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
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Video Ambient Light for YouTube™
Ambient light for YouTube, Shorts, TikTok and Reels. Immersive video colors, displayed locally.
641 usersNot rated yet1 permissions- About 3.1× fewer users than Highlights for YouTube
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YouTube No Translation
Keep YouTube content in its original language: titles, descriptions, audio... No more unwanted translations.
≈70K users4.7★ from 500 ratingsUpdated 13 days ago3 permissions- About 35× more users than Highlights for YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
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Afterglow – Ambient Light & Focus Mode for YouTube
Make YouTube glow. Afterglow spills the video's colors into a dimmed screen — fewer distractions, more immersion. One click.
≈1K users3.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago3 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Highlights for YouTube
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
Highlights for YouTube alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Highlights for YouTube?
By users, the most popular alternative is YouTube No Translation with ≈70K users and a 4.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Ambient Light for YouTube.
Which Highlights for YouTube alternative has the best rating?
YouTube No Translation has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 500 ratings.
How many alternatives to Highlights for YouTube are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Highlights for YouTube on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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