Youtube Auto Quality

by jamesw8dev · Tools

Manifest V3 Free

View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Quality settings on Youtube videos will be defaulted to the highest quality possible.

Users

120

−4 in 30 days

Rating

3.0 / 5

+3.00 in 30 days

Ratings

+1 in 30 days

Store rank

#79K

#66K among extensions

Version

0.4

updated 30 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 120 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Youtube Auto Quality

YouTube's auto quality feature doesn't always give the quality for the best user experience. This extension automatically sets the quality closest to the user's preferred quality for each video. Code publicly available in the Github repo. Release Log --- v0.4 - Fixed bug where preferred quality wasn't being carried over to new videos v0.3 - Add option to select preferred quality v0.2 - Fix bug when entering from youtube.com v0.1 - Initial release This extension was written to only require permissions on youtube.com to limit intruding privacy. Disclaimer -- YouTube™ is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.