Echo360 Speed Control - Faster Lectures

Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

Changelog

• May 12, 2026
  description

  Most Australian universities (and many worldwide) use Echo360 for lecture recordings.
  
  Echo's strict restrictions were blocking the usual speed control browser extensions, so I made one to let me exceed 2x speed.
  
  Hope you find it useful!
  
  Open sourced on GitHub if you want to contribute: https://github.com/WeiChongDevelops/echo360-speed-control
  
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  TWO WAYS TO USE:
  
  ⏯️ Method 1: Player Menu
  1. Click the green playback speed button on the Echo360 player
  2. Choose from extended speeds, up to 4x (I find 2.25x/2.5x to be the sweet spot, but it depends on the lecturer and topic of discussion)
  
  🧩 Method 2: Extension Popup
  1. Click the extension icon in Chrome's toolbar
  2. Use the slider or presets to adjust speed

  Most Australian universities (and many worldwide) use Echo360 for lecture recordings.
  
  Echo's strict restrictions were blocking the usual speed control browser extensions, so I made one to let me exceed 2x speed.
  
  Hope you find it useful!
  
  Open sourced on GitHub if you want to contribute: https://github.com/WeiChongDevelops/echo360-speed-control
  
  If you have a feature suggestion or bug report, reach out:
  https://www.linkedin.com/in/wei-chong/
  
  --
  
  TWO WAYS TO USE:
  
  ⏯️ Method 1: Player Menu
  1. Click the green playback speed button on the Echo360 player
  2. Choose from extended speeds, up to 4x (I find 2.25x/2.5x to be the sweet spot, but it depends on the lecturer and topic of discussion)
  
  🧩 Method 2: Extension Popup
  1. Click the extension icon in Chrome's toolbar
  2. Use the slider or presets to adjust speed

Permissions & access

Permissions

activeTabstorage

Host access

*://*.echo360.com/*, *://*.echo360.net/*, *://*.echo360.net.au/*, *://*.echo360.org/*, *://*.echo360.org.au/*, *://*.echo360.org.uk/*, *://*.echo360.ca/*, *://*.echo360.edu/*, *://*.echo360.edu.au/*, *://*.echo360.ac.uk/*, *://*.echo360.co.uk/*, *://*.echo360.ac.nz/*, *://*.echo360.co.nz/*, *://*.echo360.eu/*, *://*.echo360.de/*, *://*.echo360.fr/*, *://*.echo360.nl/*, *://*.echo360.se/*, *://*.echo360.no/*, *://*.echo360.dk/*, *://*.echo360.fi/*, *://*.echo360.ie/*, *://*.echo360.es/*, *://*.echo360.it/*, *://*.echo360.pt/*, *://*.echo360.ch/*, *://*.echo360.at/*, *://*.echo360.be/*, *://*.echo360.pl/*, *://*.echo360.cz/*, *://*.echo360.hu/*, *://*.echo360.ro/*, *://*.echo360.gr/*, *://*.echo360.jp/*, *://*.echo360.cn/*, *://*.echo360.hk/*, *://*.echo360.sg/*, *://*.echo360.my/*, *://*.echo360.in/*, *://*.echo360.kr/*, *://*.echo360.tw/*, *://*.echo360.za/*, *://*.echo360.ae/*, *://*.echo360.sa/*, *://*.echo360.br/*, *://*.echo360.mx/*, *://*.echo360.cl/*, *://*.echo360.ar/*, *://*.echo360.co/*

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