Layers
Your study sidekick for any webpage — live translation, dictionary, focus mode & more. Built by a teacher, for students.
As of June 2026, Layers has 160 users in the Education category.
Usersup 2185.7 percent+2185.7%
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Version
1.7
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 6 version updates, changed permissions.
History
9 snapshotsTracking since Apr 17, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | 7 | — | — | 1.3.5 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 95 | — | — | 1.3.7 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 203 | — | — | 1.3.9 |
| May 5, 2026 | 215 | — | — | 1.3.9 |
| May 16, 2026 | — | — | — | 1.3.9 |
| May 22, 2026 | 184 | — | — | 1.4.1 |
| May 29, 2026 | 204 | — | — | 1.4.1 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 177 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 187 | — | — | 1.6 |
| Now | 160 | — | — | 1.7 |
Changelog
- Jun 10, 2026description
Layers — Translation & Study Tools for Students The Layers extension is a floating toolbar that lives on top of any webpage — so you never have to stop what you're doing to look up a word, translate a sentence, set a timer, or jot down a note. Everything is one click away, right where you're already working. No new tab. No switching apps. No account. No ads. No data collection. Free forever. 🎤 PUSH-TO-TALK TRANSLATION Not sure how to say something in the lesson language? Hold a button, speak in your own language, and Layers translates your words instantly — in 46 languages. No more sitting in silence when you have a question. 🌐 DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Type any word to see its full definition — pronunciation, part of speech, and an example sentence included. Look up words in 12 languages and get the result in whichever language you need. Switch to translation mode for longer text. Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and 38 more languages supported. 📝 SCRATCH PAD A notepad that follows you across every website and saves every keystroke automatically. Vocabulary lists, key terms, questions for the teacher — nothing gets lost, even when you close the tab. ⏱ TIMER A countdown timer and stopwatch students control themselves. Hit a quick preset (30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) or set any custom time. An alert sounds when it ends. ✏️ PAGE DRAWING Draw directly over any webpage. Circle important terms, annotate an article, underline anything worth remembering. Pen, highlighter, arrows, and shapes — undo at any time. 🎯 FOCUS MODE One click blocks 60+ distracting websites — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, and more — so you can actually get things done. Teachers can also activate Focus Mode for the entire class, remotely. 🔗 CLASSROOM SYNC Enter a room code once and you're in. Your teacher can push Focus Mode, lock internet access, block websites, and send links to the whole class — all in real time from the Windows teacher app. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Alt+L — Show / hide the toolbar Alt+T — Push-to-talk translation Escape — Exit drawing mode YOUR PRIVACY, EXPLAINED • Page content — Layers never reads, logs, or transmits what's on your screen. This permission is only needed to display the toolbar on top of pages. • Storage — Your language preferences and notes are saved locally on your device. Nothing is sent to a server. • Microphone — Only active when you use push-to-talk. Audio is processed by Google and never stored by Layers. Privacy policy: thelayersapp.com/privacy.html
Layers — Translation & Study Tools for Students The Layers extension is a floating toolbar that lives on top of any webpage — so you never have to stop what you're doing to look up a word, translate a sentence, set a timer, or jot down a note. Everything is one click away, right where you're already working. No new tab. No switching apps. No account. No ads. No data collection. Free forever. 🎤 PUSH-TO-TALK TRANSLATION Not sure how to say something in the lesson language? Hold a button, speak in your own language, and Layers translates your words instantly — in 46 languages. No more sitting in silence when you have a question. 🎤 TEXT TO SPEECH Tired to read? want to multitask better? TTS reads anything you highlight! And yes! it works with most downloaed PDF files as well 🌐 DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Type any word to see its full definition — pronunciation, part of speech, and an example sentence included. Look up words in 12 languages and get the result in whichever language you need. Switch to translation mode for longer text. Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and 38 more languages supported. 📝 SCRATCH PAD A notepad that follows you across every website and saves every keystroke automatically. Vocabulary lists, key terms, questions for the teacher — nothing gets lost, even when you close the tab. ⏱ TIMER A countdown timer and stopwatch students control themselves. Hit a quick preset (30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) or set any custom time. An alert sounds when it ends. ✏️ PAGE DRAWING Draw directly over any webpage. Circle important terms, annotate an article, underline anything worth remembering. Pen, highlighter, arrows, and shapes — undo at any time. 🎯 FOCUS MODE One click blocks 60+ distracting websites — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, and more — so you can actually get things done. Teachers can also activate Focus Mode for the entire class, remotely. 🔗 CLASSROOM SYNC Enter a room code once and you're in. Your teacher can push Focus Mode, lock internet access, block websites, and send links to the whole class — all in real time from the Windows teacher app. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Alt+L — Show / hide the toolbar Alt+T — Push-to-talk translation Escape — Exit drawing mode YOUR PRIVACY, EXPLAINED • Page content — Layers never reads, logs, or transmits what's on your screen. This permission is only needed to display the toolbar on top of pages. • Storage — Your language preferences and notes are saved locally on your device. Nothing is sent to a server. • Microphone — Only active when you use push-to-talk. Audio is processed by Google and never stored by Layers. Privacy policy: thelayersapp.com/privacy.html
- Apr 22, 2026description
Layers — Translation & Study Tools for Students Layers is a free floating toolbar that lives in your browser — giving students instant access to translation, a dictionary, notes, a timer, and drawing tools right on top of any page they're studying. No new tab. No switching apps. Everything is one click away, always visible, always ready. No ads. No account required. No data collection. No subscriptions. Free forever. 🎤 PUSH-TO-TALK TRANSLATION Hold a button and speak in your language. Your words are translated and displayed instantly — in 46 languages. Perfect for students who want to ask a question in class but aren't confident in the lesson language. 🌐 DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Type or paste any word into the built-in dictionary to see a full definition — with pronunciation, part of speech, and an example sentence. Switch to translation mode to translate longer text into your language. Supports 46 languages including Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and more. 📝 SCRATCH PAD A notepad that stays open across every website and auto-saves every keystroke. Jot down vocabulary, key terms, or questions without ever losing your work — even if you close the page. ⏱ TIMER A countdown timer and stopwatch students control themselves. Quick presets (30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) or any custom time. An alert sounds when it ends. ✏️ PAGE DRAWING Draw and annotate directly over any webpage. Mark up an article, circle key terms, or highlight anything worth remembering. Pen, highlighter, arrows, and shapes — undo at any time. 🎯 FOCUS MODE One click blocks 60+ common distracting websites — including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Reddit — so students can concentrate. NOTE: Teachers can also activate Focus Mode remotely for the whole class 🔗 CLASSROOM SYNC Students enter a room code once to join their teacher's classroom — and auto-rejoin every future session. The teacher can push Focus Mode, lock internet access for the whole class, block websites, and send links — all from the Windows teacher app, in real time. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Alt+L — Show / hide the toolbar Alt+T — Push-to-talk translation Escape — Exit drawing mode PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED • Read and change data on websites — Required to show the toolbar and enable translation. We do not read, log, or transmit page content. • Storage — Saves your language preferences and notepad locally. Nothing is sent to a server. • Microphone (optional) — Only requested when you use push-to-talk. Audio is processed by Google and not stored by Layers. Privacy policy: thelayersapp.com/privacy.html
Layers — Translation & Study Tools for Students The Layers extension is a floating toolbar that lives on top of any webpage — so you never have to stop what you're doing to look up a word, translate a sentence, set a timer, or jot down a note. Everything is one click away, right where you're already working. No new tab. No switching apps. No account. No ads. No data collection. Free forever. 🎤 PUSH-TO-TALK TRANSLATION Not sure how to say something in the lesson language? Hold a button, speak in your own language, and Layers translates your words instantly — in 46 languages. No more sitting in silence when you have a question. 🌐 DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Type any word to see its full definition — pronunciation, part of speech, and an example sentence included. Look up words in 12 languages and get the result in whichever language you need. Switch to translation mode for longer text. Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and 38 more languages supported. 📝 SCRATCH PAD A notepad that follows you across every website and saves every keystroke automatically. Vocabulary lists, key terms, questions for the teacher — nothing gets lost, even when you close the tab. ⏱ TIMER A countdown timer and stopwatch students control themselves. Hit a quick preset (30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) or set any custom time. An alert sounds when it ends. ✏️ PAGE DRAWING Draw directly over any webpage. Circle important terms, annotate an article, underline anything worth remembering. Pen, highlighter, arrows, and shapes — undo at any time. 🎯 FOCUS MODE One click blocks 60+ distracting websites — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, and more — so you can actually get things done. Teachers can also activate Focus Mode for the entire class, remotely. 🔗 CLASSROOM SYNC Enter a room code once and you're in. Your teacher can push Focus Mode, lock internet access, block websites, and send links to the whole class — all in real time from the Windows teacher app. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Alt+L — Show / hide the toolbar Alt+T — Push-to-talk translation Escape — Exit drawing mode YOUR PRIVACY, EXPLAINED • Page content — Layers never reads, logs, or transmits what's on your screen. This permission is only needed to display the toolbar on top of pages. • Storage — Your language preferences and notes are saved locally on your device. Nothing is sent to a server. • Microphone — Only active when you use push-to-talk. Audio is processed by Google and never stored by Layers. Privacy policy: thelayersapp.com/privacy.html
- Apr 22, 2026permissions
storage, activeTab, scripting, tabs, declarativeNetRequest
storage, activeTab, scripting, tabs, declarativeNetRequest, contextMenus
- Apr 17, 2026description
Layers — Translation & Study Tools for Students Layers is a free floating toolbar that lives in your browser — giving students instant access to translation, a dictionary, notes, a timer, and drawing tools right on top of any page they're studying. No new tab. No switching apps. Everything is one click away, always visible, always ready. WHY IT'S FREE — AND ALWAYS WILL BE Layers was built by Peter Hoang, a teacher in Japan. His family were refugees, and He built this for students who sit in classrooms where the lessons aren't in their language.. The students who need it most are the ones whose families can least afford to pay for it. No ads. No account required. No data collection. No subscriptions. Free forever. 🎤 PUSH-TO-TALK TRANSLATION Hold a button and speak in your language. Your words are translated and displayed instantly — in 46 languages. Perfect for students who want to ask a question in class but aren't confident in the lesson language. 🌐 DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Type or paste any word into the built-in dictionary to see a full definition — with pronunciation, part of speech, and an example sentence. Switch to translation mode to translate longer text into your language. Supports 46 languages including Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and more. 📝 SCRATCH PAD A notepad that stays open across every website and auto-saves every keystroke. Jot down vocabulary, key terms, or questions without ever losing your work — even if you close the page. ⏱ TIMER A countdown timer and stopwatch students control themselves. Quick presets (30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) or any custom time. An alert sounds when it ends. ✏️ PAGE DRAWING Draw and annotate directly over any webpage. Mark up an article, circle key terms, or highlight anything worth remembering. Pen, highlighter, arrows, and shapes — undo at any time. 🎯 FOCUS MODE One click blocks 60+ common distracting websites — including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Reddit — so students can concentrate. NOTE: Teachers can also activate Focus Mode remotely for the whole class 🔗 CLASSROOM SYNC Students enter a room code once to join their teacher's classroom — and auto-rejoin every future session. The teacher can push Focus Mode, lock internet access for the whole class, block websites, and send links — all from the Windows teacher app, in real time. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Alt+L — Show / hide the toolbar Alt+T — Push-to-talk translation Escape — Exit drawing mode PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED • Read and change data on websites — Required to show the toolbar and enable translation. We do not read, log, or transmit page content. • Storage — Saves your language preferences and notepad locally. Nothing is sent to a server. • Microphone (optional) — Only requested when you use push-to-talk. Audio is processed by Google and not stored by Layers. Privacy policy: thelayersapp.com/privacy.html
Layers — Translation & Study Tools for Students Layers is a free floating toolbar that lives in your browser — giving students instant access to translation, a dictionary, notes, a timer, and drawing tools right on top of any page they're studying. No new tab. No switching apps. Everything is one click away, always visible, always ready. No ads. No account required. No data collection. No subscriptions. Free forever. 🎤 PUSH-TO-TALK TRANSLATION Hold a button and speak in your language. Your words are translated and displayed instantly — in 46 languages. Perfect for students who want to ask a question in class but aren't confident in the lesson language. 🌐 DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Type or paste any word into the built-in dictionary to see a full definition — with pronunciation, part of speech, and an example sentence. Switch to translation mode to translate longer text into your language. Supports 46 languages including Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and more. 📝 SCRATCH PAD A notepad that stays open across every website and auto-saves every keystroke. Jot down vocabulary, key terms, or questions without ever losing your work — even if you close the page. ⏱ TIMER A countdown timer and stopwatch students control themselves. Quick presets (30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) or any custom time. An alert sounds when it ends. ✏️ PAGE DRAWING Draw and annotate directly over any webpage. Mark up an article, circle key terms, or highlight anything worth remembering. Pen, highlighter, arrows, and shapes — undo at any time. 🎯 FOCUS MODE One click blocks 60+ common distracting websites — including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Reddit — so students can concentrate. NOTE: Teachers can also activate Focus Mode remotely for the whole class 🔗 CLASSROOM SYNC Students enter a room code once to join their teacher's classroom — and auto-rejoin every future session. The teacher can push Focus Mode, lock internet access for the whole class, block websites, and send links — all from the Windows teacher app, in real time. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Alt+L — Show / hide the toolbar Alt+T — Push-to-talk translation Escape — Exit drawing mode PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED • Read and change data on websites — Required to show the toolbar and enable translation. We do not read, log, or transmit page content. • Storage — Saves your language preferences and notepad locally. Nothing is sent to a server. • Microphone (optional) — Only requested when you use push-to-talk. Audio is processed by Google and not stored by Layers. Privacy policy: thelayersapp.com/privacy.html
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storageactiveTabscriptingtabsdeclarativeNetRequestcontextMenus
- Host access
- <all_urls>
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About
Layers — Translation & Study Tools for Students The Layers extension is a floating toolbar that lives on top of any webpage — so you never have to stop what you're doing to look up a word, translate a sentence, set a timer, or jot down a note. Everything is one click away, right where you're already working. No new tab. No switching apps. No account. No ads. No data collection. Free forever. 🎤 PUSH-TO-TALK TRANSLATION Not sure how to say something in the lesson language? Hold a button, speak in your own language, and Layers translates your words instantly — in 46 languages. No more sitting in silence when you have a question. 🎤 TEXT TO SPEECH Tired to read? want to multitask better? TTS reads anything you highlight! And yes! it works with most downloaed PDF files as well 🌐 DICTIONARY & TRANSLATION Type any word to see its full definition — pronunciation, part of speech, and an example sentence included. Look up words in 12 languages and get the result in whichever language you need. Switch to translation mode for longer text. Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Nepali, Filipino, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, and 38 more languages supported. 📝 SCRATCH PAD A notepad that follows you across every website and saves every keystroke automatically. Vocabulary lists, key terms, questions for the teacher — nothing gets lost, even when you close the tab. ⏱ TIMER A countdown timer and stopwatch students control themselves. Hit a quick preset (30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) or set any custom time. An alert sounds when it ends. ✏️ PAGE DRAWING Draw directly over any webpage. Circle important terms, annotate an article, underline anything worth remembering. Pen, highlighter, arrows, and shapes — undo at any time. 🎯 FOCUS MODE One click blocks 60+ distracting websites — YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, and more — so you can actually get things done. Teachers can also activate Focus Mode for the entire class, remotely. 🔗 CLASSROOM SYNC Enter a room code once and you're in. Your teacher can push Focus Mode, lock internet access, block websites, and send links to the whole class — all in real time from the Windows teacher app. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Alt+L — Show / hide the toolbar Alt+T — Push-to-talk translation Escape — Exit drawing mode YOUR PRIVACY, EXPLAINED • Page content — Layers never reads, logs, or transmits what's on your screen. This permission is only needed to display the toolbar on top of pages. • Storage — Your language preferences and notes are saved locally on your device. Nothing is sent to a server. • Microphone — Only active when you use push-to-talk. Audio is processed by Google and never stored by Layers. Privacy policy: thelayersapp.com/privacy.html
Technical
- Version
- 1.7
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 432KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 4
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- iclfdiolilnmjeimkdoeloeiioaongnh
- Developer ID
- u9282f942e7e0244900b6bd98d899fbc4
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Mar 13, 2026
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jun 9, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 10, 2026
- Website
- thelayersapp.com
- Support URL
- https://www.thelayersapp.com
- Privacy Policy
- https://www.thelayersapp.com/privacy.html
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