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Watch While You Wait

by nuchem@lightboltlab.com · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Watch YouTube while ChatGPT or Gemini is generating. The player gets out of the way the moment your answer is ready.

Users
3
0 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#303K
#246K among extensions
Version
1.0.0
updated 9 Jun 2026

Users

monthly, 4 months
023Jun 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 3 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 4 months
001Jun 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 0 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 Watch While You Wait

Tired of staring at a "thinking…" spinner while ChatGPT or Gemini writes your answer? Watch While You Wait drops a small, draggable YouTube player onto chatgpt.com and gemini.google.com so the waiting time isn't wasted. How it works: • While the AI is generating → the player grows and plays. • The moment your answer arrives → it shrinks to a corner and keeps playing, OR pauses so you can read — your choice. • While you're typing your next question → it pauses so you can focus. No accounts, nothing to sign up for. It rides on top of the real chatgpt.com and gemini.google.com that you're already logged into — your chats stay exactly where they are. Just paste a link to get started; no API key needed for that. Features: • Paste any YouTube video, Shorts, or playlist link — no key required. • Optional: search YouTube right inside the popup (this one feature needs your own free YouTube Data API key, since it calls Google's search API directly). • Drag the player anywhere; resize it big or small; mute with one click. • Remembers your settings and last position. • Lightweight — no background tracking, no analytics, no servers of our own. Good to know: • YouTube only. Netflix, Prime Video, and Instagram use copy-protection that no add-on can legally embed. • To embed the YouTube player on the AI sites, the add-on relaxes those two sites' security headers (and only those two). See the privacy disclosure for full detail. Remove the add-on to restore them.

Growth

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Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Watch While You Wait appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
wait#19+2

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.0.09 Jun 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
8 Jun 2026
Size
21 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
watchwhileyouwait.replit.app
Extension ID
hgfpbckcpmaoggcmkhdljfjbdaffcckc

Permissions and risk

Elevated riskimpact 4, likelihood 3
Permissions
storagedeclarativeNetRequest
Site access
https://chatgpt.com/*https://chat.openai.com/*https://gemini.google.com/*https://www.googleapis.com/*https://*.replit.dev/*https://*.replit.app/*

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