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New Google Tab

by fridlev · more by this developer →

New Google Tab has 461,925 installs (+6.9% in 30 days), rated 4.7 from 163 ratings, #100 of 10,246 in Productivity.

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Installs
461,925
+11,868 (+2.6%) this week
Rating
4.7
163 ratings
+0 ratings (0.0%) this week
Rank on Edge
#129
of 22,659
up 2 since 2026-10-23
Version
1.1
Last updated 2020-01-28

Description

Get Google back as your new tab page.

Reviews Reviews with text are a subset of all ratings.

4.7 average from 163 ratings.

  1. ★★★★★ Jim · 2 Aug 2026
    It just works. Period. And it must be good, because the first thing MS Edge does is turn it off and tell you it's bad.. if it truly was they wouldn't allow it in the add-ons store.
  2. ★★★★★ Kaleb · 9 Sep 2025
    Just WORKS. Get it.
  3. ★★★★★ Phil · 3 Sep 2025
    May 2025, Do not believe the number of users microsoft says has this extension. It currently says 300,000+. It has said this for months. I have personally installed this extension on hundreds of computers and that number has not changed. And microsoft will constantly ask to disable the extension, tricking the user to reset their settings for best experience. Microsoft wants you to get to the msn or bing website so bad. Note that you have to install this extension. Then go to your Settings, Extensions, and Turn On this extension. Then open up a new tab, and theres a popup saying Is This
    moreThe New Tab You Expected, and there click Keep Changes. Finally you have gone through microsofts tricks to enable this extension. In June 2025, the number finally went up to 400,000 users In August 2025, the number has now gone back down to 300,00 users September 2025, the number has now gone back to 400,000 users.
  4. ★★★★★ Damien · 9 Jul 2025
    Works perfect
  5. ★★★★★ Phil · 26 Jun 2025
    I reviewed this on May 16, 2025 stating the user count was stuck at 300,000. On June 26, 2025 I notice the user count has now been updated to 400,000. Keep rocking.
  6. ★★★★★ Alex · 13 May 2025
    I love it
  7. ★★★★★ Brent · 8 Apr 2025
    Still works fine, even though it hasn't been updated in 5 years. Tested searching in the omnibar as well as the search bar in the new tab page, neither one went to MaxAsk,com, previous reviewer may be having some other issue. The code is hosted on GitHub, available by clicking the developer name on this page. I did a search through all the extension files and the GitHub site for MaxAsk and found nothing. Looking at the code, it replaces the New Tab page with an index.html file that redirects to google.com.
  8. ★☆☆☆☆ nate · 13 Nov 2024
    >search for something via search bar >extension blocks the google search >redirects google search with "MaxAsk.com" search >looks like google, but everything looks off >turn off this extension and everything is back to normal
  9. ★★★★☆ Mary · 10 Nov 2024
    The only complaint I have is that it seems the shortcuts you have underneath the search bar in chrome's 'new tab page' do not show up with this extension; it's just the plain search bar.
  10. ★★★★★ Eddie · 12 Oct 2024
    A serious must have if you welcome a distraction free environment from the MSN tabloid.
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Growth change in installs

Per Growth Growth % Actual change Measured over
day 0 0.0% 0 1 days
week +11,868 +2.6% +11,868 8.1 days
month +29,983 +6.9% +29,983 55.8 days
year Not enough history yet
How these figures are measured

Change in installs, as observed between the two crawls named in "measured over", not scaled to the window: this store refreshes its install counts only occasionally, so one refresh lands in every window at once and these figures usually read 0 in between - the weekly change in ratings under Rating above is the better signal here. A window needs a full period of history before it reports anything.

Rank among tracked Edge listings#129
2026-09-16 · #117 2026-11-02
Installs461,925
2026-09-07 · 431,942 2026-11-02
Ratings163
2026-09-07 · 163 2026-11-02
Average rating4.7
2026-09-07 · 4.7 2026-11-02

Permissions Manifest V2 · 1 required

Minimal
No standing access to the websites you visit or to your personal data.

No website access

  • storage Save its own settings and data locally

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