Flashing News & Search

Replaces your New Tab with a centered search bar and a bottom headlines strip you can refresh with arrows.

As of June 2026, Flashing News & Search has 70,000 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 18 reviews in the Productivity category.

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70.0K
70,000
Ratingno change0%
5.00
18 reviews
Reviewsup 260.0 percent+260.0%
18
Version
1.0.7
Manifest V3
90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension lost 10.0K users.

History

7 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 4, 2026.

80.8K75.0K69.2KApr 4, 2026Jun 7, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 4, 202680.0K5.0051.0.7
Apr 24, 202680.0K5.0041.0.7
Apr 29, 202670.0K5.0041.0.7
May 21, 202680.0K5.0041.0.7
May 25, 202670.0K5.00351.0.7
May 30, 202670.0K5.00211.0.7
Jun 7, 20265.00191.0.7
Now70.0K5.00181.0.7

Permissions & access

Permissions
None declared
Host access
https://api.news-headlines.co/*, http://api.news-headlines.co/*

Screenshots

Flashing News & Search screenshot 1Flashing News & Search screenshot 2Flashing News & Search screenshot 3

About

News New Tab + Search replaces Chrome’s New Tab page with:

A centered search box for quick searches

A bottom “headlines bar” showing news items in clean, card-style tiles (with thumbnails when available)

Left/Right arrows to browse previously loaded batches and fetch a fresh batch of headlines

Headlines are fetched from:

api.news-headlines.co (configured endpoint)

Searches are redirected to:

trends.search-hub.co (configured endpoint)

How it works

When a new tab opens, the extension requests a list of headlines from the configured news endpoint and displays them in the bottom bar.

Clicking a headline opens the article (using the provided click URL or original URL).

Clicking the right arrow fetches a new batch of headlines (new API request).

Clicking the left arrow navigates back through previously fetched batches (no API request).

Entering a query in the search bar redirects to the configured search URL with your query.

Permissions justification

Host permissions: https://api.news-headlines.co/*

Required to fetch and display news headlines from the configured API endpoint on the New Tab page.

No other special permissions are requested.

Privacy (data usage)

This extension does not collect, sell, or share personal data.

News requests go directly from your browser to api.news-headlines.co.

Search queries are sent when you submit a search, by redirecting your browser to trends.search-hub.co with the query in the URL.

The extension does not store personal information. Previously fetched headline batches are kept only in memory for navigation during the session.

Single purpose

Provide a New Tab experience with quick search and a bottom news headlines strip.

Technical

Version
1.0.7
Manifest
V3
Size
8.12KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
ue8ff102981aabc3550e9de6379708f7f
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Feb 26, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Feb 26, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 7, 2026
Website
breinapps.com

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