---
title: "Explayn: Listen and Understand – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "8 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.17.32, updated 2026-10-29. Requests 10 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk"
---

# Explayn: Listen and Understand

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 8
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-10-29 05:39 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +6 (+300.0%)
- Rank by users: #169,403 of 289,025 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #63,691 of 114,373

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Highlight anything on any page for an instant explanation, or have it read aloud with each word lit up as it is spoken.

- Extension ID: `enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk`
- Developer: [Explayn](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ud922836755e1483830edc7e1668aba9e)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-09-23
- Last updated: 2026-10-29
- Version: `1.17.32`
- Size: 1.65 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Privacy policy: `http://explayn.com.au/privacy`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/explayn-listen-and-unders/enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-29 | 8 | – | – |
| 2026-10-27 | 7 | – | – |
| 2026-10-23 | 7 | – | – |
| 2026-10-20 | 6 | – | – |
| 2026-09-30 | 2 | – | – |
| 2026-09-27 | – | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-29: New version `1.17.32`, replacing `1.17.31`.
- 2026-10-27: New version `1.17.31`, replacing `1.17.29`.
- 2026-10-27: Renamed from “Explayn: Highlight to Understand” to “Explayn: Listen and Understand”.
- 2026-10-27: Added the permissions `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`, `offscreen`.
- 2026-10-23: New version `1.17.29`, replacing `1.17.28`.
- 2026-10-20: New version `1.17.28`, replacing `1.15.0`.
- 2026-10-20: Renamed from “Explayn — highlight to understand” to “Explayn: Highlight to Understand”.
- 2026-10-20: The developer's display name changed from “y94588165” to “Explayn”.
- 2026-10-20: The developer's contact email changed.
- 2026-10-01: Now trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

- 2026-10-20: The contact email changed. The developer's display name changed from “y94588165” to “Explayn”. What it can access changed on 27 Oct 2026.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `<all_urls>`: Every website
- `https://www.explayn.com.au/*`: www.explayn.com.au

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `nativeMessaging`: Talk to programs installed on your computer
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `sidePanel`: Show a side panel
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [RenewBot](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kjpgbgkmclohcookoldolbcgklbjfjla) | – | – | – | Tools |

All 2 extensions by [Explayn](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ud922836755e1483830edc7e1668aba9e).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-10-29 05:39 UTC; next check around 2026-11-25.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Explayn: Listen and Understand” (enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-29. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk. Accessed 2026-11-08.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk,
  title   = {Explayn: Listen and Understand (enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-29},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/enjakhegoldmloghmcehgcchagallkgk},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}
```

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