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A simple guide to getting started with New Tab Widgets, a customizable new tab extension for Chrome that turns your new tab into a productivity dashboard.
Deep dives into what New Tab Widgets can do
New Tab Widgets now supports Picture-in-Picture mode, letting you pop any widget out into a floating window that stays visible while you work in other tabs or applications.
What's new in each version
New Tab Widgets v1.14 introduces Picture-in-Picture mode, letting you pop any widget into a floating window that stays visible while you browse. Also adds BNB, LTC, and USDT to the Currency Converter.
New Tab Widgets v1.13 adds a Word of the Day widget, Currency Converter with 180+ currencies, Unit Converter across 8 categories, AI chat widgets for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek and Perplexity, plus Hue color wheel improvements and performance upgrades.
New Tab Widgets v1.12 adds a Quotes widget, Todo list, Sticky Note font and color controls, responsive Spotify layouts, IFrame custom CSS, Link Group grid modes, and smarter freeform layout placement.
New Tab Widgets v1.11 brings TradingView Market Data and Market Overview widgets, a major Link Group upgrade with tabs and drag-and-drop, and improved RSS feed error handling.
New Tab Widgets v1.10 introduces the Image widget with personal file uploads, a Discord embed widget, and the ability to apply custom CSS to any widget for complete visual control.
New Tab Widgets v1.9 adds a Timer widget, a Basic Calculator, a date Countdown widget, a Pomodoro timer, and several new social and AI app integrations including WhatsApp, Google Gemini, and DeepSeek.
New Tab Widgets v1.8 brings two powerful new widgets: a fully-featured RSS Feed reader and a Gmail inbox widget. Stay on top of the news and your email without leaving your new tab.
New Tab Widgets v1.7 introduces CPU and Memory widgets for live system performance data, a completely reworked Spotify widget using your own client ID, and upgrades to React 19, Zustand 5, and tRPC 11.
New Tab Widgets v1.6 adds Philips Hue API V2 widgets for modern Hue setups, switches the wallpaper search engine to Wallhaven for a broader selection, and improves gallery caching.
New Tab Widgets v1.5 launches the Steam Game widget for instant game launching, overhauls the Add Widget modal with fuzzy search, and improves the dashboard layout engine.
New Tab Widgets v1.4 merges widget and page state into a unified store for reliable multi-page sync, promotes the Google Art widget to production, and adds currency-aware billing for international users.
New Tab Widgets v1.3 introduces the Digital Clock widget with multiple font styles, custom icon support for Link Bookmark widgets, a reworked FuelWatch widget, and relative timezone support for World Clock.
New Tab Widgets v1.2 launches the Search widget with multi-provider support and history, and the Link Group widget for organising collections of bookmarks — both now available in production.
New Tab Widgets v1.1 adds a Google Maps embed widget, significantly improves the Iframe widget's website compatibility, and introduces notification-based cloud sync for Pro users.
New Tab Widgets 1.0 is officially here. The stable release introduces Google Calendar integration, a Copy to Clipboard widget, multiple custom dashboard pages, free dark mode, and a polished widget collection.
New Tab Widgets v0.2 beta introduces multi-page dashboard support with a fully reworked state management system, the World Clock widget, and a migration path from the original data format.
New Tab Widgets enters public beta with v0.1. The initial release brings a fully customisable new tab dashboard with Spotify controls, weather, FuelWatch, OzBargain, and a drag-and-drop widget layout.
