Auto Tab Switcher
Extension Actions
- Extension status: Featured
Automatically switches to the next tab every few seconds
Transform your browser into a powerful automated display system with Auto Tab Switcher—trusted by 30,000+ professionals for monitoring dashboards, running presentations, and managing multi-screen information displays.
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🎯 PERFECT FOR
✓ Monitoring multiple dashboards (analytics, server status, sales metrics)
✓ Digital signage and information displays in offices or public spaces
✓ Presentations and demos that cycle through content automatically
✓ Security monitoring across multiple camera feeds or systems
✓ Trading floors displaying rotating market data and charts
✓ Reception areas showing company information, news, or announcements
✓ Multi-display setups requiring synchronized or independent control
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⚡ KEY FEATURES
🔄 FLEXIBLE OPERATING MODES
- Global Mode - Control all windows simultaneously (perfect for synchronized displays)
- Window Mode - Independent per-window control with separate timers (ideal for multi-monitor setups)
- Switch between modes instantly based on your needs
⏱️ PRECISION TIMING CONTROL
- Configurable intervals from 5 seconds to 1 hour
- Reliable chrome.alarms API ensures consistent switching (even when browser is idle)
- Environment-aware delays for development vs. production use
⏸️ INTELLIGENT PAUSE SYSTEM
- Automatically pause when you interact with tabs (prevents interruption during manual browsing)
- Configurable pause duration (5-300 seconds)
- Smart activity detection: tab switches, URL changes, window focus
📊 VISUAL STATUS INDICATORS
- Per-window badge system shows real-time status:
- 🟢 Green "ON" = Active switching
- 🟠 Orange "⏸" = Paused due to activity
- ⚫ Gray "OFF" = Disabled
- Instant visibility into which windows are actively cycling
🔍 PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSTICS
- 30-minute rolling diagnostic logs for troubleshooting
- Export logs in text, JSON, or clipboard format
- Detailed event tracking with timestamps and window context
- Privacy-focused: all data stays local on your machine
💾 PERSISTENT & RELIABLE
- All settings saved automatically across browser sessions
- Survives browser restarts and updates
- Built on Manifest V3 best practices for long-term compatibility
- TypeScript-powered for reliability and performance
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🚀 QUICK START GUIDE
1. Install the extension
2. Click the extension icon in your toolbar
3. Set your preferred switching interval (5-3600 seconds)
4. Choose Global Mode (all windows) or Window Mode (per-window control)
5. Enable "Pause on Activity" if you want manual browsing to pause auto-switching
6. Click "Save" and you're live!
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💡 USE CASE EXAMPLES
📈 DASHBOARD MONITORING
Rotate through analytics dashboards, server monitoring tools, and application health checks every 30 seconds for comprehensive visibility.
🏢 OFFICE DIGITAL SIGNAGE
Display rotating company announcements, metrics, and news on lobby screens with hour-long intervals for passive viewing.
💼 TRADING & FINANCE
Cycle through market data, portfolio dashboards, and news feeds with precision timing to stay informed without constant clicking.
🎓 PRESENTATIONS & DEMOS
Automatically advance through slides, demo screens, or product showcases during presentations or trade shows.
🔐 SECURITY OPERATIONS
Monitor multiple security camera interfaces, system logs, or network dashboards across different tabs and windows.
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🏆 WHY CHOOSE AUTO TAB SWITCHER?
✅ PROVEN RELIABILITY - Trusted by 30,000+ users worldwide
✅ MODERN ARCHITECTURE - Built with TypeScript and Manifest V3 for future-proof performance
✅ ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT - Regular updates and feature improvements
✅ PRIVACY-FIRST - Zero data collection, no external servers, all processing local
✅ LIGHTWEIGHT - Minimal resource usage, won't slow down your browser
✅ SECURITY REVIEWED - 87/100 security rating, LOW risk assessment
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🔒 PRIVACY & PERMISSIONS
We take your privacy seriously. Auto Tab Switcher:
- Never collects or transmits your browsing data
- Stores settings locally on your device only
- Requires minimal permissions (tabs, storage, alarms, windows)
- No analytics, tracking, or third-party services
- Open-source codebase available on GitHub for transparency
Required permissions explained:
- "tabs" - To query and switch between your tabs
- "storage" - To save your preferences locally
- "alarms" - To schedule periodic tab switching reliably
- "windows" - To support per-window control mode
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💎 PREMIUM FEATURES (COMING SOON)
Want advanced customization? Premium version will include:
- Custom tab sequences and rotation patterns
- Skip specific tabs or websites in rotation
- Different intervals for different window groups
- Audio/visual notifications on tab switches
- Advanced scheduling (business hours, weekday/weekend patterns)
- API integration for programmatic control
- Priority email support
Interested in early access or custom enterprise features?
Contact: [email protected]
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🆘 SUPPORT & FEEDBACK
Need help or have suggestions?
- Use the diagnostic export feature to capture detailed logs
- Report issues or request features using review and bug report on chrome web store.
- Contact us directly at [email protected]
We actively monitor feedback and continuously improve based on user needs!
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⚖️ RESPONSIBLE USE
Auto Tab Switcher is designed for legitimate professional and personal use cases. Please:
- Respect website terms of service and rate limits
- Avoid using on sites that prohibit automated access
- Be mindful of server load when using very short intervals
- Ensure compliance with your organization's IT policies
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Built with ❤️ using modern web technologies | Manifest V3 Compliant | Open Source | Made for Professionals
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Latest reviews
- Harunuddin Asri
- Used to work so great, now just poor. They try to make it fancy, but it make it buggiest as f. Tabs doesn't switch like normal anymore. Sometimes when I turned it off, my tabs still keep switching, don't bother using it unless they fix everything
- Younus Hussain
- yo ur actually the goat man
- R D
- Simple and elegant, does what's mentioned, works for my usage without any issue, if more features can be added like would be great, like allow creating profile with pre-define list of URL and I can just select and start, and it opens all URL and rotate them.
- Petertronic
- Works for less than a minute then stops! You've got to be joking, complete and utter waste of time.
- Renato Alves
- Auto Tab Switcher is a simple yet powerful extension that makes multitasking much easier. The ability to set custom time intervals and automatically cycle through tabs is extremely useful for monitoring dashboards and online services. Lightweight, reliable, and very efficient — exactly what I needed.
- Hunter Aikins
- The timer doesn't appear to work in a Chrome browser for 30 seconds or greater. Is there a way to make the tab-switch timer work properly?
- Engr Azhar
- lovely , simple and nice working.
- Anoop Kumar
- Not working at all, Waste of time.
- David Elcowire
- Issues: - anything over 29 seconds does not work - doesn't work longer than one day Please fix!
- John Paul Visto
- Great tool. I hope you can add an option that it can open a random tab and not just the next one.
- Avram Neal
- Super basic, but it works and isn't CURRENTLY removed to "bad practices" or malicious code.
- Adolfo Yanes
- good. but then all windows in different devices where I have the same profile started switching tabs. can it be set just for a window?
- Coong
- not work
- Wes Bunch
- Works great! I would like to suggest a feature that allows different tabs to be set at a different duration, or maybe a pattern for example (30sec - 15sec - 45sec) then repeat.
- Roman Gęsiarz
- Would it be possible to prepare an update that would force the Auto Tab Switcher to be enabled via a Google Chrome switch in the command line? Currently, in Windows startup, I have a script: '"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --chrome --kiosk "https://page-1.com" "https://page-2.com" "https://page-3.com" "https://page-4.com"' and every few days the browser launches with the Auto Tab Switcher disabled, and I have to enable it manually.
- MUAADH
- it works for 10-20 min, than stopped!!
- Diego Pulido
- Very useful! I have been looking for something like this for a long time. However, I would like to set a timer for every 5 minutes. The use case is a TV showing charts in multiple tabs. I need time for people to be able to read the charts before switching to the next one. Can you please allow intervals larger than the current 30 seconds? Thanks!!!!!!
- William's vids and stuffs
- It seems to work for shorter time intervals (1, 5, 10 seconds) but one switches once on a longer interval (30 seconds) and not at all for 60 seconds. It doesn't seem like being enabled on one tab as In would enabled it on the tab on the left but while using the tab on the right it would switch, even if I had it disabled.
- richard leary
- I love the concept. However, if it is disabled, there is no way to set the time delay. If it is enabled and interval time is to low (e.g., 5 seconds) and you have a number of tabs open, and if you want to change the interval time, then, you must try to change the interval on the fly which can be impossible. You should be able to set the time in this extension's settings. Otherwise I love this extension. Thanks.
- Sell Domains
- It would be nice if we could stop the scrolling after it has opened every tab once. rgd Stu
- Germain LEFEBVRE
- The extension does the job. The main issue is that the auto-switch is enabled for ALL Chrome windows, which is annoying a lot when working at the same time onto this browser.
- Peter
- Great extension! Thanks a lot. Suggestion: Currently, tabs don't switch if you're using another instance of chrome on the same PC, because the one with switcher is not active. Wonder if you can fix it. Thanks again!
- Peter
- Great extension! Thanks a lot. Suggestion: Currently, tabs don't switch if you're using another instance of chrome on the same PC, because the one with switcher is not active. Wonder if you can fix it. Thanks again!
- Ashvin Meetoo
- I don't understand why I can't put a value more than 30 seconds? Is there a limit or something? Have I missed something?
- Ashvin Meetoo
- I don't understand why I can't put a value more than 30 seconds? Is there a limit or something? Have I missed something?
- Bry Capo
- Good extension. However, I have to agree with the other reviewer. It is impossible to stop it once it is turned on. I have clicked, double clicked, right clicked...everything...nothing works. I have to completely remove it from Chrome to stop it. I also have "Revolver" which works like this extension, but it is so easy in comparison to start and stop with one click. The one thing I like about this ext. over Revolver is that you can set the time increment and not just the default.
- Bry Capo
- Good extension. However, I have to agree with the other reviewer. It is impossible to stop it once it is turned on. I have clicked, double clicked, right clicked...everything...nothing works. I have to completely remove it from Chrome to stop it. I also have "Revolver" which works like this extension, but it is so easy in comparison to start and stop with one click. The one thing I like about this ext. over Revolver is that you can set the time increment and not just the default.
- Radhika Dave
- Simple to use and allow to set timer for tab rotation.
- Radhika Dave
- Simple to use and allow to set timer for tab rotation.
- David Breese
- Can't disable it without completely shutting it off.
- David Breese
- Can't disable it without completely shutting it off.