Auto HD|LQ for YouTube™

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Status

Extension status: Featured

Description from extension meta

Play YouTube videos in the highest or lowest available quality.

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Auto HD|LQ for YouTube™ is an extension that forces the YouTube player to play videos in the highest (HD) or lowest (LQ) available qualities.

Some features:
1. Automatically set the Highest/Lowest available quality for all YouTube videos, depending on the user's choice.
2. Easily switch the quality type from the toolbar popup UI.
4. HD quality is useful where internet speed is high enough to load large videos.
5. LQ is handy where internet speed is low and you just want to see what the video is, and don't want to waste your bandwidth.
6. There is also an option to automatically set the video quality by YouTube (auto mode).

Note: to report bugs, please visit the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/youtube-hd-lq.html) and fill the bug report form.

Latest reviews

Raymond Wilson 2025-05-27: Doesn't work on Vivaldi.
Szymon Skworc 2024-11-06: Does not automatically change quality.
Peter Kionga-Kamau 2024-10-06: Does not allow users to specify resolution. "HD" or "Auto" is vague and does not cover all use cases.
User “wholovechromeMe” 2024-01-27: Terrible doesn't work all it does is waste storage do not download this extension
Alejandro Lopez 2023-02-08: Works awesomely and it's one of the lightest in all chrome web store. However, it would be great to choose the maximum resoltion you want in HD, because 4K videos are quite heavy for some computers/networks.
Alejandro Lopez 2023-02-08: Works awesomely and it's one of the lightest in all chrome web store. However, it would be great to choose the maximum resoltion you want in HD, because 4K videos are quite heavy for some computers/networks.
Dariusz Jurczak 2023-02-05: Good idea but this ext but need some improvement. Like set default quality. Choosing 8K when monitor doesn't support it, is a waste of resources and energy. Auto doesn't work properly.
Dariusz Jurczak 2023-02-05: Good idea but this ext but need some improvement. Like set default quality. Choosing 8K when monitor doesn't support it, is a waste of resources and energy. Auto doesn't work properly.
not important kween 2021-11-18: oh my god. I have been manually setting every video today because of youtube refusing to play full quality automatically (I have gigabit internet so this was random) LIFE SAVING THANK YOU!!!!!
not important kween 2021-11-18: oh my god. I have been manually setting every video today because of youtube refusing to play full quality automatically (I have gigabit internet so this was random) LIFE SAVING THANK YOU!!!!!
Vladimir Byazrov 2021-02-08: Good idea but this ext doesn't work half of the time. Sadly.
Vladimir Byazrov 2021-02-08: Good idea but this ext doesn't work half of the time. Sadly.
YAsiR ShaH 2020-11-21: Just what i needed
YAsiR ShaH 2020-11-21: Just what i needed
Rohan Paul 2020-08-10: After trying quite a few other, this one ONLY is working. Woowwww
Rohan Paul 2020-08-10: After trying quite a few other, this one ONLY is working. Woowwww
Anonymous 2020-02-13: ممتاز
Jesus Is Lord 2018-08-25: Woow....just woow..... seriously woow....not even Magic can do this...Magic Extension is nothing compare to this...im serious...
Jesus Is Lord 2018-08-25: Woow....just woow..... seriously woow....not even Magic can do this...Magic Extension is nothing compare to this...im serious...
Sam 2018-07-10: The only extension I found that sets the quality to 1080p when the video has 60fps. Nice work!
Sam 2018-07-10: The only extension I found that sets the quality to 1080p when the video has 60fps. Nice work!
Sergey Ambaryan 2018-06-18: Работает, всё ок!
Matthew Leong 2018-05-20: Does have a feature to actually pick a youtube quality. You can only pick highest, lowest, or auto/default. I want an extension that lets me pick (say) 480 as my default.
Viu Viu 2018-05-08: Только этот работает и не оставляет auto режим
Alexis 2018-04-04: отлично работает!!
Allan Laal 2017-11-12: does not stop youtube from automatically reducing the playback quality below HD
Allan Laal 2017-11-12: does not stop youtube from automatically reducing the playback quality below HD
Yiiho Ahrii 2017-10-10: doesnt work anymore
Yiiho Ahrii 2017-10-10: doesnt work anymore
Mister Irony 2017-08-19: esta muy bien y facil , por que es automatico , sin palabras gracias siplemente
Verinaldo Nascimento 2017-07-17: muito boa uma das melhores
Shawn Graven 2017-05-23: "permissions": ["https://youtbe.com/*/*"], "optional_permissions": ["https://*","http://*/*"] Would be nice to apply the quality before loading a video, rather than just after.
Youssef Cherrouq 2017-05-15: I love it when I used it in Firefox, I was glad to find it here in Chrome. I need it to force youtube to the lowest quality possible, this is the only extension that can do that. You can chose any quality you want too. kudos for the developer!
Youssef Cherrouq 2017-05-15: I love it when I used it in Firefox, I was glad to find it here in Chrome. I need it to force youtube to the lowest quality possible, this is the only extension that can do that. You can chose any quality you want too. kudos for the developer!
Stefan Travis 2016-09-10: Works, but for some reason makes videos repeat about half the time. The "Your Quality for Youtube" plugin doesn't have the repeating problem, but is clunkier.
Stefan Travis 2016-09-10: Works, but for some reason makes videos repeat about half the time. The "Your Quality for Youtube" plugin doesn't have the repeating problem, but is clunkier.

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