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Automatically pauses YouTube videos in background tabs when switching tabs, ensuring only the active tab plays video.
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Automatically pause YouTube videos in background tabs when you switch between tabs, ensuring only your active tab plays video. Perfect for users who open multiple YouTube videos and want seamless playback control.
✨ Key Features:
Smart Auto-pause - Videos pause when you switch tabs
Active Tab Play - Only the current tab plays video
Multi-window Support - Works across all Chrome windows
Window Focus Control - Pauses all videos when Chrome loses focus
🆕 v3.0.0 New Features:
Modern UI with real-time video thumbnails and status indicators
Health Monitoring with automatic recovery for failed tabs
Persistent State - survives browser restarts and updates
Error Recovery - automatically reloads problematic tabs
Keyboard Shortcuts - Ctrl+R (refresh), Ctrl+P (pause all)
Bulk Controls - pause/play all videos at once
🎯 Perfect For:
Students researching multiple topics
Music listeners managing playlists
Professionals with multiple tutorial videos
Anyone who opens many YouTube tabs
⚡ Technical Excellence:
Manifest V3 compliant for security and performance
Event-driven architecture for better battery life
Comprehensive error handling and recovery
Clean, modular codebase following best practices
🔒 Privacy & Permissions:
Only accesses YouTube tabs (.youtube.com/)
No data collection or tracking
All processing happens locally in your browser
Open source and transparent
Works automatically once installed - no configuration needed!
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Last update / version
2025-06-30 / 3.0.0
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en-US