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Metric	YouTube Control Center	Auto Pause and Resume for YouTube™
User count	10,000	1,000
Average rating	3.16	4.21
Rating count	73	24
Last updated	2024-05-05	2026-01-27
Size	0.11 MB	0.08 MB
Version	0.7.0	0.2.3

Short description	Control YouTube videos easily with pause, resume, HD quality, no buffering, and more from a convenient popup toolbar.	Automatically pause YouTube videos when tabs are inactive and resume when active. Seamless playback control for better multitasking.
Full summary	YouTube Control Center is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your YouTube viewing experience by providing comprehensive playback control directly from a toolbar popup. It allows you to pause, resume, stop, and navigate between videos without switching tabs, making media management seamless. The extension also offers advanced player behavior settings such as stopping media buffering, forcing HD playback quality (up to 2160p), disabling annotations, and preventing auto-play of next videos. By simplifying video control and customization, YouTube Control Center helps users enjoy YouTube with greater efficiency and personalization. Additional features include automatic opening of a new YouTube tab if none is active when accessed and support for YouTube history management. The extension is regularly updated to improve buffering control and popup accessibility, ensuring a smooth and responsive user experience.	Auto Pause and Resume for YouTube™ is a Chrome extension designed for seamless control over YouTube playback across multiple tabs. It automatically pauses the YouTube player when the tab is hidden and resumes playback when the tab becomes active again, enhancing your multitasking experience. You can toggle this functionality on or off via a convenient toolbar button, allowing background listening when desired. This extension injects a mini script exclusively on YouTube pages, managing the play/pause state based on document visibility. Compatible with Chrome version 95 or newer, it offers a smart way to ensure that only the active YouTube tab plays audio or video, reducing distractions and saving system resources.