Tempo – Speed & Focus for YouTube

Watch YouTube up to 16× speed, resume where you left off, set a daily limit, copy transcripts and hide Shorts.

Tempo puts you in control of YouTube: watch faster, stay focused, and stop when you planned to. Everything is one click away in a simple popup. PLAYBACK SPEED UP TO 16× • Go past YouTube's 2× limit, from 0.25× to 16× • One-tap presets, a fine-tune slider and +/− buttons • Keyboard shortcuts on any video: [ slower, ] faster, \ toggle 1× • Keeps your speed between videos (you can turn this off) RESUME WHERE YOU LEFT OFF • Videos continue from your last spot, even if you're not signed in CINEMA MODE • Dims and blurs everything except the video, with a soft ambient light behind it • Shift+C to turn it on or off, Esc to leave VOLUME, PICTURE AND QUALITY • Volume boost up to 400% for quiet videos • Brightness, contrast, saturation and warmth for night viewing • Default quality for every video: 480p, 720p, 1080p or the best available DAILY LIMIT AND INTENTION • Choose 15, 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes a day and see how much you've watched • When time is up, Tempo pauses the video and offers to close the tab, or to give you 5 more minutes • "Why are you here?": name your goal when you open YouTube, and Tempo keeps it in view while you browse VIDEO TOOLS • Copy the full transcript with timestamps in one click • A–B loop: repeat one part of a video, great for learning languages, music or code • Save the thumbnail in the best quality available (up to 1280 × 720) • Save the current frame as a PNG image FOCUS FILTERS • Search-only mode: no feed, sidebar or suggestions • Hide Shorts, or play them in the regular player with a seek bar • Hide the home feed, related videos, Mixes and comments • Grayscale thumbnails, to make clickbait less tempting • Hide live chat, the notification bell and shopping shelves • Hide end screen cards and turn off autoplay WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU WATCH • Controls YouTube players embedded on course sites, blogs and docs • If a page has several videos, pick which one to control • Available in English, Español, العربية and اردو PRIVATE BY DESIGN Tempo has no servers, no accounts, no analytics and no ads, and it never contacts any outside service. Your settings stay in your own Chrome profile. Tempo is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Screenshot video: Big Buck Bunny © Blender Foundation, CC BY 3.0.