Material You NewTab Extension- A Fresh Look for Your Browser

Bored of the same old look of your browser's homepage? I tried multiple themes and colors but all came down to the same bland icons and layouts. That was until, I came across this new extension called "Material You NewTab".

I, being a fan of extensions, hopped right in to check what it has to offer, and I was quite impressed. It's super fun to play around with, very customizable and the best thing? It's fully open source so you can tinker around and make your homescreen look just like you want, all with just some vanilla HTML, CSS, JS work.

Here are some snapshots I took from my homepage:

These were just some of the themes available, and there are many more for you to choose from. You can also add your custom themes to it and have it colored your way.

Also, it comes with dropdown menus for both AI Tools and Google Workspace.

I'll leave the rest for you to find out. A tad bit of mystery for you to check?

How to Set Up Material You NewTab on My Browser?

On Chrome
If you're using Chrome, it's a pretty simple and straightforward process, you can directly go to the Chrome Store and add the extension straigh to your browser.

On Edge, Mozilla or Manual Changes

If you want to add the extension to Edge, Mozilla or manually add and customize your Browser's look, you can download the extension package from GitHub and import it. Here's how you can do it:

1. After the download is complete, unzip (extract) the file.
2. You should now have a folder containing all the necessary files.
3. Open your browser and follow these steps: For Chrome : Type chrome://extensions into your address bar. For Edge : Type edge://extensions into your address bar. For Brave : Type brave://extensions into your address bar.
4. Once you're on the extensions management page, enable the "Developer mode" option.
5. Click on "Load unpacked" and browse to the folder where you extracted the extension files. Press Enter to install the extension.

That's it! You're ready to use the new extension and change the way your browser homepage looks.

What Are The Customization Options?

Well, the extension comes with some basic toggle settings which you can tweak to your preference. Some of them are:

However, you can change them to your liking and add more functionality along the way. You can also submit your improvements to the main GitHub repository if you think they're worth adding to the extension.

So, what are you waiting for? Go check it out?

If you have any questions or suggestions, my comment box is just a click away!