Hardcore streamers know: the struggle is real. Netflix, Disney+, and Prime Video have elevated the home viewing experience greatly throughout the years, but there are plenty of things that still remain to be refined. Luckily, there are tons of Chrome browser extensions for streaming that help gloss over the hiccups that we've all come to expect.
These apps require little aside from a streaming subscription, a Chrome browser, and a dream. Live your best life possible with all of these handy streaming tools.
1. Disney Skipper
Love Disney+, but hate the ads? Why bother when you could be skipping them all with this extremely useful Disney+ Chrome extension?
Disney Skipper is capable of handling intros and recaps, next episode bumpers, and even the dreaded "continue watching" gap between here and everywhere you want to be in life. Enjoy uninterrupted viewing on all of your favorites with this one streaming extension to rule them all, totally automated and hands-free.
2. Netflix Extended
Netflix Extended is an all-around functionality extension designed to completely revolutionize the way that you stream.
Its talents and features are numerous—Netflix Extended is able to do everything from play a random title to helping you compile a masterlist of your most-despised programs. You can adjust your settings to play your next episode instantly, and even to auto-reload a title if it gets stuck. Parental control features, subtitling options, and even video playback speed are all represented here, plus a whole lot more.
This Netflix extension also comes with a whole host of keyboard shortcuts that make navigating and controlling your viewing experience much easier and much more hands-on.
3. Film Scores for Netflix
Film Scores for Netflix adds an extra rating to each title on your feed: this rating is an aggregation of ratings (using data gathered from IMDb and other popular sites for movie ratings). Film music nerds, there is finally a Netflix Chrome extension for you.
This Chrome extension for Netflix exists as a way to get a much more intimate idea of which movies have the best ratings, partially in response our modern Netflix thumbs-up-or-down system.
4. Netflix Picture-in-Picture
Netflix Picture-in-Picture breaks your viewing experience out of the Chrome browser from whence it came, allowing it to float serenely over everything else that you have going on—this picture-in-picture window can be tossed anywhere on your display, all without accidentally being clicked behind another window.
Think about it: now, you'll never have to waste one quarter of your screen minimum on the show that you're watching on Netflix in the background. Maximize your domain with this Chrome extension for Netflix. You won't ever want to look back.
5. HideSpoilers for Prime Video
This is one Chrome extension for Amazon Prime Video that needs no introduction. HideSpoilers is a simple Prime Video extension that hides spoilers from episode descriptions, which means you'll never accidentally ruin the show for yourself ever again.
If you've ever been at home, minding your own business, only to have the big reveal stolen from you by the brand that you trust most, HideSpoilers is absolutely essential. Trust nobody, not even yourself.
Streaming on Chrome Really Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
No ads? No spoilers? Perish the thought. Could a perfect world really be right there waiting for us?
Any of these extensions for Chrome ensure that your after-work binge or your weekly movie night with bae rolls on without a hitch. Why bother with the nonsense? That's more time for the next episode, and the rest of your plans for the evening, too.
