Metro Speed Dial - Modern New Tab page

Tracking since Apr 5, 2026.

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• Apr 16, 2026
  description

  Metro Speed Dial is a highly customizable extension that replaces the New Tab page and allows you to save and organize your favorite websites for quick and easy access.
  
  All the pages you love are just one click away!
  
  After installing Metro Speed Dial make sure to click the "Keep it" button on the "Change back to Google" notification to ensure Metro Speed Dial remains your default new tab.
  
  Features:
  • Easily customizable tiles
  • Tiles can be categorized and grouped
  • A wide selection of high quality 4K backgrounds & themes
  • Support for uploading your custom backgrounds
  • Notes and todos
  • Quick access to Chrome's history, downloads, bookmarks and extensions
  • Various search engines included in the Speed Dial
  • Support for importing & exporting your pages, notes & settings
  
  No data is collected while using this extension.
  No additional permissions are requested.
  To keep everything private and secure, the extension doesn't track your usage or your activity and it doesn't have access to any other tabs that you opened.
  
  
  What's new?
  
  Version 2.8.0
  - Added efficient compression for custom backgrounds and for custom tile images
  - Added zoom & position sliders for custom tile images
  - Added custom colors for predefined tile thumbnails & frosted glass color override for each tile
  - Added 250 icons that can be used as thumbnails for tiles
  - Added new page thumbnails
  
  Version 2.7.1
  - Added shortcut to easily hide page quick add button
  
  Version 2.7.0
  - Added Frosted Glass Design
  - Added page quick add option
  - Added tooltips with explanations for all visual settings
  - Improved page management in settings
  - Added new backgrounds, themes & page thumbnails
  
  Version 2.6.0
  - Added tile (page) categories - each category has its own section
  - Added custom search engine option
  - Added option to hide search bar
  - Added backup reminders
  - Improved tile custom image management
  - Added 200+ new predefined tile thumbnails
  
  Version 2.5.0
  - Added themes
  - Added new backgrounds
  - Reworked notes & todos
  - Added hints to help new users
  - Added local storage usage indicator
  
  Version 2.4.0
  - Added page groups
  - Added drag & drop reordering for pages (in settings)
  - Added 12/24-hour clock toggle
  - Added dark mode
  - Added "about" page
  - Added status message for imports

  Metro Speed Dial is a highly customizable extension that replaces the New Tab page and allows you to save and organize your favorite websites for quick and easy access.
  
  All the pages you love are just one click away!
  
  After installing Metro Speed Dial make sure to click the "Keep it" button on the "Change back to Google" notification to ensure Metro Speed Dial remains your default new tab.
  
  Features:
  • Easily customizable tiles
  • Tiles can be categorized and grouped
  • A wide selection of high quality 4K backgrounds & themes
  • Support for uploading your custom backgrounds
  • Notes and todos
  • Quick access to Chrome's history, downloads, bookmarks and extensions
  • Various search engines included in the Speed Dial
  • Support for importing & exporting your pages, notes & settings
  
  No data is collected while using this extension.
  No additional permissions are requested.
  To keep everything private and secure, the extension doesn't track your usage or your activity and it doesn't have access to any other tabs that you opened.
  
  
  What's new?
  
  Version 2.9.0
  - New layout & design for the settings page
  - Added bookmarks import
  - Added options for search bar width & height, clock position & size, date format, tile safe zone
  - Added behavior options for opening pages & search results in new tab
  - Added multiple ways to switch or scroll through categories
  - Added an option to select the default category when opening a new tab
  - Modified search engine settings to use the browser's search engine
  
  Version 2.8.0
  - Added efficient compression for custom backgrounds and for custom tile images
  - Added zoom & position sliders for custom tile images
  - Added custom colors for predefined tile thumbnails & frosted glass color override for each tile
  - Added 250 icons that can be used as thumbnails for tiles
  - Added new page thumbnails
  
  Version 2.7.1
  - Added shortcut to easily hide page quick add button
  
  Version 2.7.0
  - Added Frosted Glass Design
  - Added page quick add option
  - Added tooltips with explanations for all visual settings
  - Improved page management in settings
  - Added new backgrounds, themes & page thumbnails
  
  Version 2.6.0
  - Added tile (page) categories - each category has its own section
  - Added custom search engine option
  - Added option to hide search bar
  - Added backup reminders
  - Improved tile custom image management
  - Added 200+ new predefined tile thumbnails
  
  Version 2.5.0
  - Added themes
  - Added new backgrounds
  - Reworked notes & todos
  - Added hints to help new users
  - Added local storage usage indicator
  
  Version 2.4.0
  - Added page groups
  - Added drag & drop reordering for pages (in settings)
  - Added 12/24-hour clock toggle
  - Added dark mode
  - Added "about" page
  - Added status message for imports

• Apr 16, 2026
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