---
title: "NewsTab - Smart New Tab with News – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "109 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.05, updated 2025-01-31. Requests 8 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk"
---

# NewsTab - Smart New Tab with News

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 109
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 02:11 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #63,802 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in News & Weather: #282 of 1,597

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Transform your new tab into a productivity hub with news, bookmarks, weather updates, and shortcuts.

- Extension ID: `hbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk`
- Developer: [NewsTab](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ua519d139b8d6965c57b0ddc137a6eccb)
- Trader status: Declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Lifestyle › News & Weather](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/news)
- First published: 2024-07-02
- Last updated: 2025-01-31
- Version: `1.05`
- Size: 1.44 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `convoke.me`
- Support page: `https://convoke.me`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/newstab-smart-new-tab-wit/hbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fhbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 109 | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `*://*.convoke.me/*`: convoke.me and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `bookmarks`: Read and change your bookmarks
- `favicon`: Read the icons of sites you visit
- `history`: Read and change your browsing history
- `notifications`: Show notifications
- `search`: Search with your default search engine
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `topSites`: Read your most visited sites

## 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 2026-09-27 02:11 UTC; next check around 2026-10-17.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “NewsTab - Smart New Tab with News” (hbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk,
  title   = {NewsTab - Smart New Tab with News (hbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hbjadnakmgaedpmagjggcbngiihngibk},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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