---
title: "Select & Translate – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "No user count, no ratings yet. Version 1.8.0, updated 2026-10-28. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf"
---

# Select & Translate

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: the store shows no user count
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-11-02 04:28 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Select text in any language, click the translate button that appears, and read the Chinese translation in a card.

- Extension ID: `iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf`
- Developer: [4416](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u84d48853f46fc7024cdcfd20f5281c86)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-10-26
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
- Version: `1.8.0`
- Size: 17.39 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 116
- Languages (1): English
- Privacy policy: `https://translate-api.gloam.uk/privacy`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/select-translate/iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-02 | – | – | – |
| 2026-10-29 | – | – | – |
| 2026-10-28 | 1 | – | – |
| 2026-10-27 | – | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-04: Now trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.
- 2026-10-29: New version `1.8.0`, replacing `1.5.0`.
- 2026-10-29: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-29: Added the site `https://translate.googleapis.com/*`. Removed the site `https://translate-api.gloam.uk/*`.
- 2026-10-29: Minimum Chrome version raised from 88 to 116.
- 2026-10-28: New version `1.5.0`, replacing `1.4.0`.
- 2026-10-28: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-28: Removed the permission `contextMenus`.
- 2026-10-28: Added the site where it runs scripts `<all_urls>`.

## Developer history

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

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-10-27.

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

- `https://translate.googleapis.com/*`: translate.googleapis.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Drop](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/gkgopngoabijibbphjmingmedkopkbfc) | 11 | – | – | Tools |
| [Simple Proxy](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jkkocmefmiiljpifneappjfjmkdbgaee) | 6 | – | – | Tools |

All 3 extensions by [4416](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u84d48853f46fc7024cdcfd20f5281c86).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked again 7 and 30 days after it was published, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-02 04:28 UTC; next check around 2026-11-25.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Select & Translate” (iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-02. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf. Accessed 2026-11-08.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf,
  title   = {Select & Translate (iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-02},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iobefklgheiggibilggeapnbpbdkhlhf},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}
```

---

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