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Companion for YouTube: Audio Only & Feeds

by Ammar Shahin · Entertainment
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Follow YouTube channels without an account: one merged feed, alerts on new uploads, and a low-data audio mode.

Users
10
+10 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
+5.00 in 30 days
Ratings
3
+3 in 30 days
Store rank
#190K
#159K among extensions
Version
2.1.0
updated 28 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 1 months
0510Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 10 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 1 months
023Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Companion for YouTube: Audio Only & Feeds

Keep up with the YouTube channels you care about without signing in to anything, and listen with a fraction of the data. FEEDS • Every new video from the channels you follow, in one list, newest first • A New tag marks what arrived since you last opened the popup • Put channels in groups and show one group at a time; rename, merge or delete a group whenever you like • Your groups also show as chips on YouTube's own Subscriptions page, so one tap narrows it there too • Live streams and premieres are tagged; Shorts stay hidden unless you want them • Filter by title or channel, or show only your favourites WATCHLIST • Add a channel by pasting its link or @handle, or press Add while you are on its page • On a YouTube channel or video you do not follow yet, a Follow button adds it in one press — every channel of a collab video too • Import all your YouTube subscriptions from your signed-in YouTube tab, choosing the Google account if you have several. Signed out? A Google Takeout file works too. Both are read on your device • Star your favourites: they sit at the top and are checked more often • Mute a channel to keep it in your feed but out of your alerts • Open any channel to see its latest videos without leaving the popup, or jump to it on YouTube • Channels whose check fails are marked, and one tap shows just those • Removed one by mistake? Undo puts it back with its star, its place in the list and its videos • Clear the whole list in one go, after a confirm that offers to export it first ALERTS • A desktop notification when a channel uploads: one per channel, not one per video • Listen and Add to Up next buttons right on the alert • The toolbar badge counts new videos since you last looked PLAYER, WITH AUDIO MODE • Drops the video to 144p and covers it, so you keep the sound and use about 8× less data than 720p • Switch it off and the video goes back to the quality you were watching • Pick the cover from a picture on your device; it stays on the device and is never uploaded • Seek, skip 10 seconds, change speed and volume from the popup • With several YouTube tabs open, pick which one to control, or jump straight to it • A sleep timer: pause after 15, 30 or 60 minutes, even with the popup closed • Open videos from your feed straight into audio mode • See how much data you saved this month and all time • Keyboard shortcuts: Alt+Shift+A for audio mode, Alt+Shift+Y to open the popup UP NEXT • A listen-later queue in the Player tab: add a video from your feed, or the one playing now • Press Play all and the list plays itself in one tab, moving on as each video ends • Works with audio mode on or off, and keeps going with the popup closed • Up to 100 videos, and the list stays until you clear it PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account of its own, no API key • Checks read only public youtube.com pages, without your YouTube cookies • Import from YouTube reads your list inside your own signed-in YouTube tab, only when you press it • Your channels, feed and settings stay in your browser: no analytics, no ads, no tracking • Export your channels and settings to a file, and import them back SUPPORT • Free, with no ads and no tracking. If it saves you time or data, the heart in the popup opens PayPal and InstaPay In English and Arabic, with a full right-to-left layout. Light, dark, or follow your system. Free and open source: https://github.com/ashahinL/Youtube-Companion Companion for YouTube is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YouTube or Google. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−2−16.7%00.00
30 days+10–+3+5.00

Version history

3 versions recorded
2.1.028 Sep 2026
2.0.020 Sep 2026
1.0.014 Sep 2026

Details

Category
Entertainment
First seen
14 Sep 2026
Size
695 KB
Languages
en, ar
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Support
github.com
Extension ID
hpajekcplhidhjidohfmebpeianbhcgd

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 3
Permissions
storagealarmsnotificationsdeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccessactiveTab
Site access
https://www.youtube.com/*

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