BabelTube
Auto-selects subtitles and guides page translation for foreign-language YouTube videos.
As of June 2026, BabelTube has 3 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Accessibility category.
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2 reviews
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Version
1.0.7
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 1 version update.
History
3 snapshotsTracking since May 19, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2026 | — | — | — | 1.0.1 |
| May 25, 2026 | — | — | — | 1.0.1 |
| Jun 7, 2026 | 2 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.0.7 |
| Now | 3 | 5.00 | 2 | 1.0.7 |
Changelog
- May 25, 2026description
BabelTube detects when a YouTube video is in a language you don't understand and automatically selects the best subtitles — human-made if available, or auto-generated with translation as a fallback. It also shows a banner reminding you to use Chrome's built-in right-click page translation. No API keys. No subscriptions. Works entirely with YouTube's own data. Features: • Automatic subtitle selection in your target language • Auto-translate fallback using YouTube's built-in caption translation • Optional translation reminder banner • 100+ target languages • Settings sync across your Chrome devices Note: BabelTube works on YouTube watch pages. YouTube Shorts are not supported in v1.
BabelTube detects when a YouTube video is in a language you don't understand and automatically selects the best subtitles — human-made if available, or auto-generated with translation as a fallback. It also shows a banner reminding you to use Chrome's built-in right-click page translation. No API keys. No subscriptions. Works entirely with YouTube's own data. Features: • Automatic subtitle selection in your target language • Auto-translate fallback using YouTube's built-in caption translation • Optional translation reminder banner • 100+ target languages • Settings sync across your Chrome devices What's New in v1.0.7: • Language detection improvements • More reliable detection on videos with no captions • Clearer popup when video language cannot be determined • Fixes for extension not running after recent updates • Improved audio-language detection (player API, adaptive formats) Note: BabelTube works on YouTube watch pages. YouTube Shorts are not supported in v1.
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storageactiveTabscripting
- Host access
- *://*.youtube.com/*
Screenshots
About
BabelTube detects when a YouTube video is in a language you don't understand and automatically selects the best subtitles — human-made if available, or auto-generated with translation as a fallback. It also shows a banner reminding you to use Chrome's built-in right-click page translation. No API keys. No subscriptions. Works entirely with YouTube's own data. Features: • Automatic subtitle selection in your target language • Auto-translate fallback using YouTube's built-in caption translation • Optional translation reminder banner • 100+ target languages • Settings sync across your Chrome devices What's New in v1.0.7: • Language detection improvements • More reliable detection on videos with no captions • Clearer popup when video language cannot be determined • Fixes for extension not running after recent updates • Improved audio-language detection (player API, adaptive formats) Note: BabelTube works on YouTube watch pages. YouTube Shorts are not supported in v1.
Technical
- Version
- 1.0.7
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 43.44KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- acmokckfempipaglglgokhkapijacmop
- Developer ID
- u995b3fbe60abf01dc750d96206e9714e
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- May 18, 2026
- Last Updated (Store)
- May 20, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 7, 2026
- Website
- —
- Privacy Policy
- https://cluelessno1.github.io/babeltube/privacy.html
Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 7, 2026.