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Chrome extension by Microsoft Corporation · Productivity · Workflow

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 500 000 users, a widely installed extension.

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
500 000
Rating
3.9 (199 ratings)
Users, last 10 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
2.8.0.2
Updated in the store
2025-01-29
Published
2018-04-20
Manifest
V3
Browser access
3 permissions, 2 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
500k · 2 readings
  1. 2026-08-31500k
  2. 2026-09-09500k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.92 · 2 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews199rating3.92
  2. 2026-09-09reviews199rating3.92
Users
unchanged since 31.08
500k · 2 readings
  1. 2026-08-31500k
  2. 2026-09-09500k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 3.92 · 2 readings
  1. 2026-08-31reviews199rating3.92
  2. 2026-09-09reviews199rating3.92

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.

  • https://*.msn.com/*
  • https://*.microsoft.com/*
  • Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

Microsoft Corporation publishes 4 listings we track, 3.6M users between them.

  1. Microsoft Defender Browser Protection Microsoft Corporation · Productivity · Workflow · published 2015-05-25 2.0M users ★ 4.2
  2. MSN + Bing for Chrome Microsoft Corporation · Productivity · Tools · published 2016-11-15 1.0M users ★ 4.1
  3. Microsoft Solitaire Collection with Search Microsoft Corporation · Lifestyle · Fun · published 2019-06-13 100k users ★ 3.7

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  2. NewsTab - Smart New Tab with News Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 100 users
  3. MSN + Bing for Chrome Describes nearly the same job, with a large installed audience 1.0M users ★ 4.1
  4. Startly Tab Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 5 users ★ 5.0
  5. The Weather Tab Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 10k users ★ 3.0

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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