YouTube Playback Quality Control

Name: YouTube Playback Quality Control
Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Author: Simple and Tiny Utilities

This extension adds a button to YouTube videos that allows you to change the playback quality with touch operations.

As of June 2026, YouTube Playback Quality Control has 213 users and a 4.25/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Functionality & UI category.

Simple and Tiny Utilities Functionality & UI

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+51.1%

213

Rating−1.8%

4.25

4 reviews

Reviews+33.3%

Version

1.11.2

Manifest V3

History

10 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 7, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 7, 2026	141	4.33	3	1.11.2
Apr 19, 2026	140	4.33	3	1.11.2
Apr 26, 2026	139	4.25	4	1.11.2
May 3, 2026	138	4.25	4	1.11.2
May 9, 2026	139	4.25	4	1.11.2
May 14, 2026	144	4.25	4	1.11.2
May 20, 2026	145	4.25	4	1.11.2
May 27, 2026	146	4.25	4	1.11.2
Jun 3, 2026	150	4.25	4	1.11.2
Jun 8, 2026	200	4.25	4	1.11.2
Now	213	4.25	4	1.11.2

Permissions & access

Permissions: storage
Host access: None declared

Screenshots

YouTube Playback Quality Control screenshot 1

YouTube Playback Quality Control screenshot 2

About

A Chrome extension that adds one-tap playback quality buttons directly to the YouTube player.

It is designed for touch-friendly use, but it also supports keyboard shortcuts so you can switch quality levels without opening YouTube's settings menu.

## Features

- Adds quality buttons to the YouTube player controls
- Supports 144p, 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, and Auto
- Lets you enable or disable each button from the extension popup
- Supports keyboard shortcuts through Chrome extension commands

## Usage

1. Open any video on `https://www.youtube.com/`.
2. Look for the added quality buttons in the player controls.
3. Click a quality button to switch playback quality.
4. Open the extension popup to show or hide specific buttons.

## Keyboard Shortcuts

You can customize shortcuts in Chrome at `chrome://extensions/shortcuts`.