In this blog post, we’re going to talk about how you can use Google Chrome extensions for mobile.
Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers in the world. It’s available on desktop and mobile devices, and it has a lot of great extensions that can help you do everything from speed up your internet usage to track your productivity.
But did you know that many of these extensions are also available for mobile? You might be surprised by how many useful tools are available for your phone or tablet! Here’s a look at some of the best Google Chrome extensions that work on both desktop and phone versions of the browser:
Google Chrome Extension For Mobile
Before we dive into extensions for Chrome on Android, it’s important to know that this process doesn’t happen as smoothly as with extensions for Chrome on your computer. If you’re comfortable taking a few extra steps to implement a workaround, then read on.
Chrome extensions can help you do things like create a to-do list, block ads, or save money when you shop online. Because Chrome for Android doesn’t actually support Chrome extensions, you can try either of the following methods to gain the functionality you want:
Install extensions on your Android device using another browser.
Install the corresponding app, for extensions that have one, from the Google Play Store.
Once you’re set up to get the extensions, here are a few great ones to try.
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Content Clipper: Evernote Web Clipper
Evernote web clipper
What We Like
You can sync your account to use it across all your devices.
What We Don’t Like
As with bookmarks, you can still end up collecting a lot of items you never use.
This handy tool allows you to save entire web pages or parts of them. It’s better than bookmarks because you can highlight key information with text or visual callouts. Use separate notebooks to gather research for different projects; then send share with others via email, or create a URL. It’s useful for both work and at home.
Install Evernote Web Clipper
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URL Saver: Save to Pocket
Save to pocket
What We Like
Anything you save in Pocket can be viewed when you’re commuting or waiting in line.
What We Don’t Like
Thinking about what we ever did before Pocket.
Another great way to capture web pages you want to refer to again later is to use Save to Pocket. Then view your articles, videos, and other media any time across all your devices. You can quickly add tags and see recommendations to similar content. Use for free, or upgrade to Premium.
Install Save to Pocket
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World Clock: FoxClocks
Foxclocks world clock
What We Like
Always knowing when colleagues in distant places are likely to be available.
What We Don’t Like
The status bar can cause issues with the display of some web pages.
Perfect for anyone who works with people in time zones across the globe, FoxClocks shows times around the world at the bottom of your browser. You can use one of the included formats, or create one that works best for you. Need to be timeless for a few minutes? Just disable it temporarily.
Install FoxClocks
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Personal Emoji Generator: Bitmoji
Bitmoji personal emoji generator
What We Like
It makes communicating with friends even more fun.
What We Don’t Like
Some of the messages are a little goofy.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see yourself as a cartoon? Wonder no more. Just install Bitmoji, create your own personal emoji, then use it in email, social media, or anywhere you go online. The extension generates messages to accompany your emoji, like, “Cheers,” “I love you,” and “You go, Girl.”
Install Bitmoji
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Ad Blocker: Adblock Plus
Adblock plus online ad blocker
What We Like
You can ‘set it and forget it.’
What We Don’t Like
You may be blocking the only means some independent organizations have for generating revenue online.
Once you get used to Adblock Plus, which magically makes online ads disappear, you’ll forget it’s there. That is, until you see another computer without it, with tons of ads. It blocks video and social media advertising, viruses, and it stops tracking. Click on the icon any time to see how many ads you’ve blocked or change your settings.
Install Adblock Plus
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Online Conversations: Google Hangouts
Google hangouts
What We Like
Impromptu conversations with friends and family far away.
What We Don’t Like
Some users find the interface challenging to navigate at first.
This all-in-one communication vehicle allows you to use messaging, voice calls, video calls, and more. Group chats can include up to 150 people, and video calls can include up to 10 friends for free. Message friends even when they’re offline and see their responses later. Check out your history with each friend.
Install Google Hangouts
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Coupon Code Finder: Honey
Honey coupon code finder
What We Like
Getting better deals without having to do a lot of research.
What We Don’t Like
The savings aren’t always substantial.
Love online shopping? Love saving money? Then you’ll love Honey. It shows you coupons for products you’re looking at on any website. On Amazon, you get even more perks: Honey finds the cheapest seller for a particular product and tracks price drops so you know the best time to buy.
Install Honey
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Grammar Checker: Grammarly
Grammarly grammar checker
What We Like
It also offers suggestions for making your writing clearer.
What We Don’t Like
The free version continuously advertises the paid version.
If grammar wasn’t your best subject in school, try Grammarly. It’s like an English teacher standing over your shoulder, correcting your grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes as you write. It works whether you’re writing an essay for class, composing an email for work, or just creating a Facebook post.
Install Grammarly
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Password Manager: LastPass
Lastpass password manager
What We Like
The convenience of not having to remember or look up passwords.
What We Don’t Like
The sign-on process doesn’t work for some websites.
With so many website breaches, everyone should be looking for ways to create the most secure passwords possible. LastPass helps you create strong passwords and store them along with your user names, then sync them across all your devices. It also saves you time by automatically logging you into your favorite applications. You only need to remember one strong password to access your LastPass vault.
Install LastPass: Free Password Manager
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Calendar: Google Calendar
Google calendar
What We Like
Use it in conjunction with the desktop version to stay on top of your schedule no matter where you are.
What We Don’t Like
Lack of customization options.
This extension helps you stay organized by allowing you to add new events from websites that you visit. You can also see appointments and events without leaving the page. It’s easy to change, delete, or repeat calendar entries, and you can sync it with other calendar apps.
Install Google Calendar
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Task List: Todoist
Todoist website showing a GTD Weekly Review template
What We Like
The simple interface makes it easy to check off completed items and see what still needs to be done.
What We Don’t Like
Some users may want a variety of view types (the only one available is list).
This straightforward task list helps you stay on track with all your goals. Use tags to indicate priorities and separate work from home. Didn’t get everything done? No worries, you can easily move uncompleted tasks to another day. Get a sense of accomplishment by looking at your productivity stats. Use the free version or upgrade for additional features.
Install Todois: To-Do List and Task Manager
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Quote Creator: Pablo
Pablo quote creator
What We Like
No design experience needed.
What We Don’t Like
Some users may find formatting and customization limited.
Ever have a quote for which you wish you could find one of those nicely designed quote/background images, perfect for social media posting? Now you don’t have to look; you can create it yourself with Pablo. Just paste the quote and choose the perfect background photo and other design elements.
Install Pablo
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Dictionary: Instant Dictionary
Instant dictionary
What We Like
Getting word definitions while reading online without a lot of fuss.
What We Don’t Like
Some users report timeout issues.
When you come across a word you don’t know online, you can haul out your old paper dictionary, hunt down an online one and wait while it looks up the word, or use Instant Dictionary. This essential extension allows you to find word definitions just by double-clicking a word.
Install Instant Dictionary
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Article Summaries: TL;DR
tldr article summaries
What We Like
Getting the key points of articles we wouldn’t otherwise wouldn’t have time to read.
What We Don’t Like
Some users report technical difficulties.
If you love to view articles online, but don’t always have time for the long reads, use TL;DR to summarize the entire article or just the text you choose. You can even specify the summary length. TL;DR enables you to get the gist of an article without putting in the time to read the whole thing.
best chrome extensions for android
Chrome is a fabulous browser – fast, well designed and packed with essential features – but that’s just the start. Chrome’s real strength is in the huge library of add-ons that give it endless new functions and abilities.
In fact, the Chrome Web Store is packed with so many extensions that it’s hard to know which will really make a difference to your everyday browsing.
That’s why we’ve put together this list of 10 of the best Chrome extensions around. These are the ones we’ve installed in our own browsers. Give them a try and transform your online experience.
LastPass
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- LastPass
Keep your passwords in one place and log into accounts automatically
It’s no secret that using secure passwords everywhere is a vital part of staying safe online, but when something like gLR6@z!kklEc is so difficult to remember, it’s tempting to use 123456 everywhere instead.
LastPass solves the problem by creating a different strong password for every site, storing it locally in an encrypted vault, and automatically filling web forms and logins as required. You just need to remember a single master password, and LastPass takes care of almost everything else on its own.
Unlike some password managers, there’s no need to add all your usernames and passwords to a database before you can use it (unless you want to). Just install the extension, and whenever you log into an online account, it will ask whether to save it. It’s wonderfully convenient.
Evernote Web Clipper
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- Evernote Web Clipper
Clip web pages, chunks of text or bookmarks and read them later
If you’re researching a project, or just find yourself getting distracted by interesting articles while you’re trying to work, Evernote Web Clipper is fantastic.
When you find something you want to read, click the elephant icon and Evernote will let you save the entire article, a simplified version of it (with no pictures or formatting), an entire page, a screenshot, or just a bookmark.
You can choose which notebook it should be clipped to, and add tags and notes if you like, though this is optional. If you’re in a hurry, you can clip something with just two clicks. By default, Evernote Web Clipper selects your last used settings when saving a new clip.
Evernote Web Clipper also integrates into the context menu, letting you clip a page, screenshot or bookmark by right-clicking a page, and there are customizable keyboard shortcuts too.
When you have some time on your hands, log into your account on Evernote.com or using the web app and everything you’ve clipped will be there, ready to read.
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- Save to Pocket
Not into Evernote? Pocket is a great alternative and suggests extra content
Save to Pocket (formerly known as Read it Later) works much like Evernote Web Clipper, letting you save interesting bits and pieces during your everyday surfing.
Save to Pocket lets you save web pages, links, images, files and more to a central list, then automatically syncs the results across all your devices.
It’s a great system for web research. Whether you’re adding pages or links on your phone, tablet or desktop, they’re immediately available for browsing on any of the others.
When you save something to Pocket, the extension suggests other content that might take your fancy. If that’s not enough, users in the US can also see trending Pocket topics using the Pocket New Tab extension.
FoxClocks
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- FoxClocks
Get a fully customizable world clock in your browser’s status bar
FoxClocks is a simple idea, brilliantly executed. It shows you the time different countries at the bottom of your browser, saving you the hassle of looking the same information up on Google. That’s it.
FoxClocks takes account of daylight saving times, so you can be confident you’re not going to miss an important meeting or deadline by an hour, and you can see the time in a format of your choice.
Pick a timezone or search for a city to add it to Chrome’s status bar. If that looks too cluttered, locations are also accessible by clicking the button beside your browser’s address bar.
The Great Suspender
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- The Great Suspender
Suspend tabs that aren’t in use to free up RAM and boost performance
Chrome is a notorious memory hog, and with multiple tabs open, it can make even generously equipped PCs grind to a standstill. The Great Suspender relieves the problem by suspending tabs you’re not currently using.
It’s smart too – you can whitelist certain domains and URLs you’d prefer not to suspend (your email provider, for example), and prevent tabs that are currently playing media or displaying forms being suspended so you don’t lose information you’ve entered.
If you don’t want to quit Chrome but are sick of its RAM-gobbling ways, this extension could be a game-changer.
Tab Wrangler
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- Tab Wrangler
Close inactive tabs automatically after a certain time has passed
If you’re the kind of person who ends up with dozens, or even hundreds of tabs open while you’re browsing, Tab Wrangler is well worth your attention. Going one step further than The Great Suspender, it works by closing tabs that you haven’t used for a certain period of time. If that sounds alarming, don’t worry – all closed tabs are saved in Tab Wrangler’s ‘corral’ (nice cowboy metaphors) so you can re-open them with a click. Any tabs you really need to keep open can be pinned so they stay in place.
Tab Wrangler is brilliant for tab-addicts, but bear in mind that it doesn’t save the state of a page, so if you’ve been working on something in a web app or form, it will be lost when the tab is closed.
Full Page Screen Capture
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- Full Page Screen Capture
Grab a whole web page with a single click and download it as a JPG
Firefox Quantum includes a built-in full-page screen grab tool, and Full Page Screen Capture can add the same thing to Chrome.
The extension doesn’t need any special permissions – just install it, then click the icon in your browser or tap Alt+Shift+P to take a full-page screen grab.
The page will scroll as it’s captured, and you’re advised not to move your mouse over it until it’s finished. Once it’s done, the resulting image will open in a new window, ready to be downloaded. It’s a particularly handy tool for saving webpages that you want to read offline.
In the unlikely even that the page is too huge to be grabbed in one go, Full Page Screen Capture will warn you and split it into manageable chunks instead.
Pushbullet
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- Pushbullet
Send and receive messages and get call notifications in your browser
Distracted by the smartphone on your desk? Pushbullet puts all your chat services in your browser, including WhatsApp, Kik, Facebook Messenger, and even SMS messages.
You’ll receive notifications when you receive messages and calls (provided you have an Android phone), and dismissing them on your desktop will clear them from your handset too.
If you’re at your desk anyway, why not make full use of your keyboard and mouse? Sending text messages from your computer is far easier than using a fiddly touchscreen, and sharing links is effortless.
Stylish
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- Stylish
Give unattractive web pages a new look with custom color schemes
Some web pages are incredibly useful but, frankly, ugly. That’s where Stylish comes in. This handy Chrome extension lets you apply custom skins to web pages, giving them an instant makeover so they’re easier on the eyes.
If reading black text on a white background gives you a headache, you’ll appreciate the abundance of themes specially designed for sites including Reddit, Facebook and Google. There are also themes for all the biggest video hosting sites for a more pleasant viewing experience on YouTube, Vimeo and others.
You can edit any installed themes, and create your own with the Stylish CSS editor if you’re feeling creative.
AdBlock Plus
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- Adblock Plus
Block ads and tracking cookies for improved speed and privacy
It’d be remiss of us not to mention Adblock Plus, the best-known ad-blocker for Chrome. Installation is quick and easy, and the benefits are obvious immediately. Just point your browser at an ad-heavy site, the Adblock Plus icon displays a running count of everything it’s blocked, and you’ll probably find most pages display far more quickly.
The other major highlight with Adblock Plus is its extreme configurability. Whether you just want to prevent the extension running on a particular site, maybe to avoid causing problems, or you’d like to use a completely new set of ad blocking rules, the Options dialog has tools to help.
All we’ll say is that most websites rely on advertising, so maybe think about disabling ad-blockers on
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