Make YouTube glow. Afterglow spills the video's colors into a dimmed screen — fewer distractions, more immersion. One click.
Users
1,000
+932 in 30 days
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Version
2.2.0
updated 12 Oct 2026
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About Afterglow – Ambient Light & Focus Mode for YouTube
Turn YouTube into your own cinema.
The colors of the video softly spill out across a dimmed screen.
Meet Afterglow — ambient light for YouTube.
■ NEW: Afterglow (ambient light)
• Picks up the video's colors in real time and spreads the glow across the whole screen
• A sunset fills your screen with orange; an ocean turns it blue
• Colors are mapped to where the video sits, so the picture seems to extend past the player
• Pauses drawing when the video is paused or the tab is in the background — lightweight by design
• Combined with Focus Mode dimming, it feels like bias lighting behind a TV
■ Dim distractions — don't delete them
• Dims comments, recommendations and sidebars
• Nothing is hidden, so you can still glance at them when you need to
• Background brightness adjustable from 0 to 90%
• One click, or Ctrl+Shift+T, to toggle
■ How it differs from YouTube's built-in ambient mode
• The built-in mode is a faint glow right around the player
• Afterglow dims the whole page and spreads the light much further — the glow actually stands out
• It turns off the built-in ambient mode automatically, so the two never double up
■ Also included
• Picture-in-Picture (Ctrl+Shift+P)
• Choose your shortcut key: T, F or Space
• Available in 11 languages
■ Perfect for
• Lo-fi and background music while you work
• Movies and live concerts at night with the lights off
• Study videos without getting pulled into recommendations
• Music videos and nature footage as mood lighting for your room
■ How to use
1. Click the icon in your toolbar
2. Turn on Focus Mode
3. Turn on Afterglow (works on video and live stream pages)
■ Privacy
This extension does NOT collect any personal data or browsing history.
Everything runs locally in your browser.
Feedback and feature requests are always welcome in the reviews.