Google Chrome is the most used web browser globally – fast, lightweight, and doesn’t show content you don’t want to see. But what makes Chrome special and powerful are the extensions or extensions that you can add to the browser. There are over 10000 free extensions that you can get from the Chrome web store. As well as there are some add-ons that you can download to your phone through the Google Play Store or the App Store.
So what are the best Chrome extensions to help you enhance your experience? To help you quickly choose a suitable utility, I will list some of the extensions that I am currently using, and how they help me to browse the web better. Here are the Top 12 Best Extension For Google Chrome that you should try right away.
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Hover Zoom+
First, Hover Zoom+ will make it possible for users to zoom in on an image by moving the mouse over that image and display it in a pop-up window. This utility is highly convenient for you when you often visit websites like Facebook, Reddit when the images in the page are reduced in the resolution that you need to click to see the photos. Still, with Hover Zoom +, you need to hover over the image and zoom in on itself. This utility will display images in its full resolution on your screen – including animated GIFs and GIFVs.
Momentum
Momentum will replace a new Google Chrome tab page with a more vibrant, colorful page. Although there are many other similar utilities on the Chrome Web Store, Momentum alone stands out the most, the background images replaced on each new tab will make you as comfortable and relaxing as possible, you can also set goals for the day, or tasks. With Momentum, we can better achieve our work goals during the day.
Google Translate
Although the Google Translate website is a great site for you to translate text and any language worldwide, installing the Google Translate extension right on the Google Chrome browser is a big deal what you should do right now. After installation, you need to highlight the languages you don’t know and click the Google Translate icon on the feature bar and they will automatically be translated into Vietnamese. In addition, this utility also automatically suggests the Vietnamese language when you visit sites with other languages.
Panic Button
Browsing the web at work is something many of us do, but any manager would be annoyed if you catch you browsing frequently. The Panic Button extension will add a button to the widget bar of the Google Chrome browser, and when clicked, the entire page in the browser will immediately hide and save them right in the Panic Button, and you can set the key off to be able to do this more quickly. When you want to reopen hidden pages, you need to click once on the widget to open it.
User-Agent Switcher
Some websites display the interface and format depending on the browser or device you access, for example, Facebook when you access it on your phone, will have a simpler and lighter interface. If you need to switch to another device’s interface on your computer’s browser, User-Agent Switcher will help you do this. This utility supports us to switch between computer and phone platforms, other popular web browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer, Safari and Android and iOS browsers. You can even set commands for the utility to automatically switch to the interface of the device you want when you visit a certain website.
Pushbullet
For Android users, Pushbullet is an indispensable extension for the Google Chrome browser. This extension will help deliver important notifications to Chrome and allow you to respond to them without having to close the browser. That means you can send messages, reply to Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp messages, share data and more. Note that most of the features of this extension currently only support Android users, but everything you can do through Google Chrome is extremely convenient.
Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus is one of the best ad blockers for any web browser. It will block the display of advertising images on the page, replace them with spaces, or even shrink them to make the website’s interface more compact. You can choose to block ads for the entire site or just certain pages. Since most websites can grow with revenue from advertising, you should turn off adblocking on the page you often visit if you like a certain website.
LastPass
There are many password management tools available today, including Google Chrome’s management system, but the Last Pass is the most popular because of its ease of use and security. Lastpass combines password management, automatic password generation for websites and services, local password encryption, and two-factor authentication so your passwords can be even more secure. LastPass will always be placed in your widget bar and you can access it to find the password of an application.
Chrome Remote Desktop
There are plenty of options for you to remotely control someone else’s computer and assist them in repairing or installing software on their computer. Still, nothing is as handy and easy to use as the Chrome Remote utility. Once installed, it will help you access other computers anywhere as long as they use the Google Chrome browser and have this extension installed, supporting both iOS and Android devices. The interface is simple, and as long as your network connection is strong enough, it can be controlled easily.
Tab Wrangler
If you are a person who often works on a web browser, then maybe you have dozens or hundreds of tabs open while browsing the web. Tab Wrangler will help you manage them more compactly. Tab Wrangler will help you turn off unused browser tags for some time that you choose. If you are worried that this utility will turn off your important tabs, do not worry, because all auto-off tabs will be saved in the Corral Tab of this utility so that you can reopen it at any time.
GoFullPage
When browsing the web and find web pages containing useful information and you want to save them, how? We cannot take pictures of each section until the end of the article because it takes too much time and is difficult to follow clearly. GoFullPage is a utility that helps you take pictures of the entire content of the website and save them in a single file. This extension does not need you to grant any special permissions, you need to install it, then click the icon in the utility bar or press the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+P to capture the entire web page. The page will automatically scroll and the utility will run (with the Pacman icon), and when ready to download, it will show up in a new window and you can choose to download the PNG file or the PDF file.
Better History
The Chrome Better History extension will change the look and feel of your Google Chrome browser’s history, making it possible for you to choose when you’re browsing, as well as display more history than the browser defaults. You can also search with Chrome Better History’s toolbar to find the title and name of the website.
