youtube-tv-chrome

⏯ | A Lightweight Browser extension that enables the YouTube for TV page

Installation

Download the Extension here

Chrome installation guide (Click to expand)

0. Download the extension from the Releases page or clone the repository
1. Navigate to chrome://extensions
2. Toggle the Developer mode toggle to the ON position
3. Click on the Load unpacked button
4. Navigate to the downloaded folder and select it

Firefox installation guide (Click to expand)

Due to complications with Firefox extensions, at the moment (until Firefox approves my extension) you can only install the extension on either Firefox Developer Edition, Firefox Nightly, or Firefox ESR.

1. Clone or Download the repository & extract it
2. Navigate to about:addons
3. Drag the src folder inside the repository to the Add-ons window

Usage

Simply navigate to https://youtube.com/tv and enjoy your videos.

No, seriously, I've designed this extension to be an "install-and-forget" extension.

Demo

Do you seriously need it?

How does this work

This extension modifies the User Agent of the request to look like its coming from an actual TV (In this case, a 2023 Samsung TV running Tizen 7.0). It modifies the HTTP request headers