Neue — redesign for YouTube

A new glass interface for YouTube: a custom video grid, a pop-up player, comments in fullscreen and settings in the side panel.

Neue is a redesigned YouTube interface in a glass style. It changes the header, the home page, channel pages and fullscreen mode. Settings are in Chrome's side panel and apply instantly. HEADER • Glass buttons for Shorts, Subscriptions and You next to ☰ • "My channel" and "Studio" buttons before "Create" • Search bar width: 320–1400 px • The ☰ menu opens as a floating card HOME PAGE • Videos per row: 1 to 12 (fewer in a narrow window) • Topic bar (All, Music, Gaming…) hidden; can be turned back on • Shorts shelves and the topics shelf can be hidden POP-UP PLAYER • Videos on the home page and channel pages open in a pop-up player; the page stays open • The player takes the video's aspect ratio • Below the video: channel, Subscribe, like, share, save • ↗ opens the video's page from the current second; middle click or Ctrl+click opens it in a new tab • Videos watched in the player are saved to YouTube history FULLSCREEN • Comments as a card over the video instead of recommendations: wheel down, V or the ⌃ button • Card width and height are adjustable CHANNELS • Banner, avatar and channel info in one card • Channel pages use the full window width • "Welcome" button: the channel trailer in the pop-up player APPEARANCE • Glass opacity and blur are adjustable • Light and dark theme, following YouTube's theme, including the settings panel • Loading screen while YouTube builds the page (can be turned off) HOTKEYS • V — open or close comments in fullscreen • Wheel ↓ — open comments in fullscreen • E — save to a playlist (pop-up player and video page) • Esc — close the pop-up player SETTINGS The extension button opens the settings in Chrome's side panel. Changes apply in all open YouTube tabs and sync through your Chrome account. Export to a file, import from a file, reset to defaults. LANGUAGES The interface follows YouTube's language: English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Indonesian, Vietnamese, Hindi. PRIVACY No data is collected or sent. No servers, analytics or ads. Runs only on www.youtube.com. Settings are stored in Chrome. REQUIREMENTS Chrome 125 or later, desktop site www.youtube.com. Does not work on m.youtube.com, YouTube Music or YouTube players embedded in other sites. Neue is an independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.