Fixed an issue where YouTube would pause the video after a couple of seconds

What's new?

Added Quick controls in the popup. Ad Blocking, Social Protection and Privacy Shield now have real on/off switches right in the popup. Tap + Customize to pick which controls you want there; hiding one just tidies the popup, it never turns the protection off.

Settings, reorganized. Protections are now grouped into Protection, Web cleanup, Advanced and Insights instead of one long list.

Added a proper "what's new" page after NovaBlock updates, a page opens showing what changed and how much NovaBlock has blocked for you. It's built into the extension, works offline, and none of it is sent anywhere.

Added free trial at setup the last step of the welcome flow now offers the 7-day Premium trial. You can finish setup without it.

Improved: Ad Blocking actually controls ad blocking. It used to switch only YouTube ads on and off, general ad blocking ran off a different setting. One switch now controls both.

Clearer names. "Social Widget Blocking" is now Social Protection, "Anti-Adblock Bypass" is Anti-Adblock Protection, and the counters read Ads blocked, Trackers detected and Cookies cleaned.

Added privacy Insights, it shows which tracking companies appear on the sites you visit, with a View insights link.

Fixed: Flipping several protections quickly no longer loses your changes. Turning off four settings in a row would previously keep only the last one, the rest silently switched back on.

Fixed: Smaller download. Store packages were including.

Fixed: Few layout fixes in the popup.

Feature: Added accurate per-page blocking statistics.
Feature: Expanded Family Protection coverage.

Fix: Improved ad, tracker, malware, pop-up, and social widget blocking.
Fix: Removed estimated bandwidth and time-saved statistics.
Fix: Improved statistics accuracy and reliability.

Pop-ups & Pop-unders

• Blocked piggyback window.open() pop-ups.
• Blocked scripted fake clicks opening ad tabs.
• Blocked pop-under form submissions.
• Closed hidden background pop-under tabs.

Ad Blocking

• Added major pop-under network filters.
• Removed leftover empty ad containers.
• Fixed Facebook cookie banner auto-decline.
• Fixed Facebook Settings & Privacy menu disappearing.
• Fixed Facebook search bar disappearing.
• Fixed Reddit cookie dialog detection.
• Fixed page scroll lock after Reddit cookie banner removal.

UI & Brand

• Refreshed all NovaBlock icons.
• Added animated icons throughout the extension.
• Improved Premium page layout.
• Updated Premium feature icons.
• Simplified onboarding screen.
• Enlarged onboarding mode cards.

• Improved Essential Mode – Better detection for click-to-remove ads, including more banner formats and embedded ads across more websites.

• Fixed background initialization issues and improved overall extension reliability.

• New Live Protection – Watch ads, trackers, and pop-ups get blocked in real time with an animated shield and live activity feed.
• Better cookie banner removal across more websites and languages, now tracked in your stats.
• Blocks more trackers by default, including TikTok, LinkedIn, X, and more.
• Fixed an issue causing YouTube playlists to pause between videos.
• Refreshed logo, smoother animations, UI improvements, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.