YouTube HD Quality Settings by Phase3
YouTube HD Quality Settings automatically applies your saved preferred video quality across YouTube and YouTube Music on desktop and mobile. It also includes an optional automatic "Theater Mode" switch on desktop YouTube pages.
Available on Firefox for Android™Available on Firefox for Android™
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Features:
• Preferred Quality by Default: Set a global preferred quality from 144p through 4320p.
• Premium Codec Preference: Prefer enhanced/premium bitrate variants when YouTube exposes them for the selected resolution.
• Per-Video Manual Overrides: If you select a different quality in YouTube's native menu, the extension respects that choice for the current video only.
• Pause Preferred Quality: Temporarily lets YouTube's native quality behavior control playback without changing your saved preferred quality.
• Firefox for Android: Supports YouTube and YouTube Music.
• Firefox Desktop: Supports YouTube, YouTube Music, and optional Theater Mode on desktop YouTube watch pages.
• Theater Mode (Desktop Only): Optionally switches desktop YouTube watch pages into Theater Mode on page load.
• Active Status Indicator: Shows a green dot on the extension icon when a supported YouTube site is active.
• Dark Mode UI: Minimal, dark-themed popup and responsive options page.
• Compatibility Warning: Displays a local warning if YouTube changes the player APIs required for quality control.
• Privacy Focused: All logic runs locally. No user data is collected or transmitted.
Important Notes:
• Theater Mode is desktop-only and does not run on mobile YouTube or YouTube Music.
• Native YouTube quality selections are treated as temporary per-video overrides. They do not replace your saved preferred quality.
• YouTube frequently changes its player UI and APIs, so occasional compatibility fixes may be needed.
• Preferred Quality by Default: Set a global preferred quality from 144p through 4320p.
• Premium Codec Preference: Prefer enhanced/premium bitrate variants when YouTube exposes them for the selected resolution.
• Per-Video Manual Overrides: If you select a different quality in YouTube's native menu, the extension respects that choice for the current video only.
• Pause Preferred Quality: Temporarily lets YouTube's native quality behavior control playback without changing your saved preferred quality.
• Firefox for Android: Supports YouTube and YouTube Music.
• Firefox Desktop: Supports YouTube, YouTube Music, and optional Theater Mode on desktop YouTube watch pages.
• Theater Mode (Desktop Only): Optionally switches desktop YouTube watch pages into Theater Mode on page load.
• Active Status Indicator: Shows a green dot on the extension icon when a supported YouTube site is active.
• Dark Mode UI: Minimal, dark-themed popup and responsive options page.
• Compatibility Warning: Displays a local warning if YouTube changes the player APIs required for quality control.
• Privacy Focused: All logic runs locally. No user data is collected or transmitted.
Important Notes:
• Theater Mode is desktop-only and does not run on mobile YouTube or YouTube Music.
• Native YouTube quality selections are treated as temporary per-video overrides. They do not replace your saved preferred quality.
• YouTube frequently changes its player UI and APIs, so occasional compatibility fixes may be needed.
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Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access browser activity during navigation
- Access your data for www.youtube.com
- Access your data for m.youtube.com
- Access your data for music.youtube.com
Optional permissions:
- Access your data for www.youtube.com
- Access your data for m.youtube.com
- Access your data for music.youtube.com
Data collection:
- The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
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- Version
- 1.0.2
- Size
- 63.14 KB
- Last updated
- a month ago (Apr 20, 2026)
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- License
- MIT License
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