Annotations Restored for YouTube™ icon

Annotations Restored for YouTube™

by the owner of the listed website

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Quick Look

Annotations Restored for YouTube™ brings back the functionality of YouTube annotations by searching for and displaying archived annotation files.

AI Overview

Who is this for?

Users who want to view or interact with older YouTube videos that relied on annotations for games, corrections, or commentary.

Key Features

  • Restores YouTube annotations
  • Searches for archived annotation files
  • Supports local annotation file loading
  • Multilingual support
  • Provides Discord for community support

Reviews Analysis

Overall Sentiment

Mostly Positive

Users appreciate the restoration of YouTube annotations, finding it useful for older videos, though some express concern over potential misuse and occasional functionality issues.

Note: AI analysis focuses on the substance and recency of reviews, which may differ from the overall store rating.


What Users Love

  • Restores a valuable feature for older YouTube content.
  • Allows loading of local annotation files.

Points to Consider

  • × Potential for misuse of annotations as before.
  • × Minor technical glitches reported by some users.

Official Description

From the Developer


Bring annotation support back to YouTube™!

On January 15 2019, YouTube decided to discontinue annotations. While the feature was frequently abused, it did have many legitimate use cases, such as games, corrections, and a form of commentary that could be toggled on and off. The removal left many older videos obsolete. Annotations Restored fixes this by searching for any archived annotation files and displaying them if found.

Join the Discord!: https://discord.gg/v7xMm2r8wH

LATEST CHANGES (1.2.1)

  • Added Discord link to popup
  • Support for Portuguese by Gersonzao
  • Support for Polish by Kamil K

USAGE The extension will automatically look for a copy of a video's annotations online and display them if found. Annotation files (.xml) that you have saved locally can also be loaded into the current video using the popup.

PERMISSIONS Access your data for www.youtube.com

  • Required to load the annotations into the video player

Screenshot video sources:

chuggaaconroy - Mario Menu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uwd5w1AwYU

DaeOh - Annotation Tetris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIIV6a2Pdh4

Feel free to email me with any translation fixes or create a pull request on GitHub :)

Your extension? Let us know if we can update or correct anything!

Key Info

  • Rating:
    4.3/5.0

    (126 ratings)

  • Users:30,000
  • Version:1.2.1
  • Updated:Jun 26, 2023
  • Developer:Visit Website →

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