A modern, highly customizable speed dial that replaces the new tab page. Organize pages in groups, take notes and try new themes.
Users
5,000
+2,000 in 30 days
Rating
4.5 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
15
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#14K
#12K among extensions
Version
2.9.0
updated 13 Apr 2026
Users
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:5,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:15 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 Metro Speed Dial - Modern New Tab page
Metro Speed Dial is a highly customizable extension that replaces the New Tab page and allows you to save and organize your favorite websites for quick and easy access.
All the pages you love are just one click away!
After installing Metro Speed Dial make sure to click the "Keep it" button on the "Change back to Google" notification to ensure Metro Speed Dial remains your default new tab.
Features:
• Easily customizable tiles
• Tiles can be categorized and grouped
• A wide selection of high quality 4K backgrounds & themes
• Support for uploading your custom backgrounds
• Notes and todos
• Quick access to Chrome's history, downloads, bookmarks and extensions
• Various search engines included in the Speed Dial
• Support for importing & exporting your pages, notes & settings
No data is collected while using this extension.
No additional permissions are requested.
To keep everything private and secure, the extension doesn't track your usage or your activity and it doesn't have access to any other tabs that you opened.
What's new?
Version 2.9.0
- New layout & design for the settings page
- Added bookmarks import
- Added options for search bar width & height, clock position & size, date format, tile safe zone
- Added behavior options for opening pages & search results in new tab
- Added multiple ways to switch or scroll through categories
- Added an option to select the default category when opening a new tab
- Modified search engine settings to use the browser's search engine
Version 2.8.0
- Added efficient compression for custom backgrounds and for custom tile images
- Added zoom & position sliders for custom tile images
- Added custom colors for predefined tile thumbnails & frosted glass color override for each tile
- Added 250 icons that can be used as thumbnails for tiles
- Added new page thumbnails
Version 2.7.1
- Added shortcut to easily hide page quick add button
Version 2.7.0
- Added Frosted Glass Design
- Added page quick add option
- Added tooltips with explanations for all visual settings
- Improved page management in settings
- Added new backgrounds, themes & page thumbnails
Version 2.6.0
- Added tile (page) categories - each category has its own section
- Added custom search engine option
- Added option to hide search bar
- Added backup reminders
- Improved tile custom image management
- Added 200+ new predefined tile thumbnails
Version 2.5.0
- Added themes
- Added new backgrounds
- Reworked notes & todos
- Added hints to help new users
- Added local storage usage indicator
Version 2.4.0
- Added page groups
- Added drag & drop reordering for pages (in settings)
- Added 12/24-hour clock toggle
- Added dark mode
- Added "about" page
- Added status message for imports
Growth
Window
Users
Change
Ratings
Rating
7 days
0
+0.0%
0
0.00
30 days
+2,000
+66.7%
0
0.00
6 months
+2,000
+66.7%
+2
+0.07
1 year
+3,000
+150.0%
+7
+0.41
Chrome Web Store search rankings
Where Metro Speed Dial - Modern New Tab page appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change