BufferBoost
Keep HTML5 videos buffering in the background on any site.
As of June 2026, BufferBoost has 116 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Productivity category.
Usersup 73.1 percent+73.1%
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Ratingno change0%
5.00
2 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
2
Version
2.0.0
Manifest V3
History
5 snapshotsTracking since Apr 18, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2026 | 67 | — | — | 2.0.0 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | 68 | — | — | 2.0.0 |
| May 7, 2026 | 72 | — | — | 2.0.0 |
| May 24, 2026 | 87 | — | — | 2.0.0 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 100 | 5.00 | 2 | 2.0.0 |
| Now | 116 | 5.00 | 2 | 2.0.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storageactiveTab
- Host access
- <all_urls>
Screenshots
About
Loads videos on background to prevent buffering issues when using weak internet connection. Allows 3 options of: 1. Do nothing 2. Buffer while active (prevents watching the video till fully buffered) 3. Buffer while inactive (loads video while the tab is inactive) Might not work on a large videos, depends on Google Chrome's settings
Technical
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 36.94KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- oifmcohoafdimcfmoeeioipfgkammeah
- Developer ID
- ub58e9ae2db4d36a1a47247c9ef1efd92
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Nov 27, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Nov 27, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 3, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
- —
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