---
title: "Maps Hub Search – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "2,000 users, rated 4.40 by 5 people. Version 2.0.9, updated 2024-09-19. Requests 8 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf"
---

# Maps Hub Search

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 2,000
- Rating: 4.40 from 5 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 07:15 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #14,553 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #483 of 10,900

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Get accurate maps & directions while ensuring web searches lead you there with geo-optimized Yahoo as your default search.

- Extension ID: `pbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf`
- Developer: [Travel Extensions Dev](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ue3f15cfb0502fb39ce9fa7a27ef172d9)
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2017-02-08
- Last updated: 2024-09-19
- Version: `2.0.9`
- Size: 1.08 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `https://www.newtabtools.com/`
- Support page: `https://www.newtabtools.com/contact-us`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/maps-hub-search/pbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fpbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 2,000 | 4.40 | 5 |

## 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

- `*://*.newtabtools.com/*`: newtabtools.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.yahoo.com/*`: yahoo.com and its subdomains

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `http://*.newtabtools.com/*`: newtabtools.com and its subdomains
- `http://*.yahoo.com/*`: yahoo.com and its subdomains
- `https://*.newtabtools.com/*`: newtabtools.com and its subdomains
- `https://*.yahoo.com/*`: yahoo.com and its subdomains

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `history`: Read and change your browsing history
- `search`: Search with your default search engine
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `topSites`: Read your most visited sites

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 07:15 UTC; next check around 2026-10-03.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Maps Hub Search” (pbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_pbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf,
  title   = {Maps Hub Search (pbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbgbkaiaeaoehbphelhidlkjjfefcfdf},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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