---
title: "Browsing Assistant – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "12 users, rated 5.00 by 6 people. Version 1.1.2, updated 2024-10-06. Requests 5 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk"
---

# Browsing Assistant

**Removed from the Chrome Web Store on 3 Nov 2026.** This extension is no longer available on the Chrome Web Store. It may have been removed by the developer or taken down by Google. It has left the store's daily lists, and the store no longer offers it for Chrome to install. The figures are as last seen on 22 Oct 2026.

- Users: 12
- Rating: 5.00 from 6 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-10-22 02:34 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −1 (-7.7%)

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Translating websites, reading aloud and transcribing audio — making the internet more accessible using only a single extension.

- Extension ID: `nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk`
- Developer: [Oliver Sommer](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u846658fb07417ab62a06ad0aff5d1f90)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Not trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Accessibility](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/accessibility)
- First published: 2022-01-13
- Last updated: 2024-10-06
- Version: `1.1.2`
- Size: 4.16 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk%22&tbs=li:1>
- Archived copies of the listing: <https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/browsing-assistant/nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk*>
- Archived copies at the store's old address: <https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/browsing-assistant/nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk*>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-22 | 12 | 5.00 | 6 |
| 2026-09-27 | 13 | 5.00 | 6 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-11-05: Removed from the Chrome Web Store.
- 2026-11-04: No longer trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing.

## 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 2026-09-27.

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

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabCapture`: Capture video and sound from tabs

## 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 2026-10-22 02:34 UTC.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Browsing Assistant” (nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-22. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk,
  title   = {Browsing Assistant (nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-22},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nbcimfbnefogdkbmhpomhobpbibgebjk},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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