Voice Actions for Chrome

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To reiterate: Older Chromebooks won't run “MV3” extensions, so Google is trying to force developers like me to switch to an extension format that will force people who use older Chromebooks to buy whole new ones! Brave, Edge, Firefox, Opera, and others support MV2 alongside MV3.
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You generally shouldn't touch chrome://flags unless you know what you are doing, so it is ridiculous this is the only way to keep using “MV2” extensions. Please be skeptical and tread carefully whenever someone tells you to open chrome://flags!
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Update: It appears you *CAN* still use “manifest version 2” extensions in new versions of Chrome:

1. Go to “chrome://flags”.
2. Search for “MV2”.
3. Disable the “Deprecation Stage” flags, and enable “Allow legacy extension manifest versions”.
4. Close and relaunch Chrome.
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If you recently updated Chrome, you may have found yourself unable to use Voice Actions for Chrome due to Google's “manifest version 3” policy. I am working on an MV3-compatible version of Voice Actions. In the meantime, it still works in Brave, Edge, Opera, and others.

Apparently Google finally fully forcibly disabled “manifest version 2” extensions (including Pushbullet and @chromevoiceactions.bsky.social), and I guess that was the push I needed to finally ditch #GoogleChrome as my primary browser 🙃 Heck, even #MicrosoftEdge still supports MV2 rn!

For more about what Google is doing, see my previous thread: bsky.app/profile/zmya...

You can also read Mozilla's statement:
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※ When installed, Extensions settings → Voice Actions for Chrome → Details → View in Chrome Web Store takes you to the official Voice Actions for Chrome page on the Chrome Web Store.
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※ In “Developer mode”, the extension's ID (hhpjefokaphndbbidpehikcjhldaklje) appears in the URL of the official Voice Actions for Chrome page on the Chrome Web Store.
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※ It comes from the official Voice Actions for Chrome project on GitHub, which is linked from the official pages on the Chrome Web Store page and social media.
※ When installed, Chrome *DOESN'T* warn about it being corrupted or unable to verify with the Chrome Web Store.
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You should be wary of any instruction to install an extension this way. It is a serious safety risk that this seems the most reliable way to install “MV2” extensions in the newest version of Chrome. You can increase your trust in this Voice Actions for Chrome extension file by noting:
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4. Open the folder you downloaded the CRX file to.
5. Drag the CRX file from your downloads folder to the extension list on chrome://extensions.
6. Confirm you want to install the extension.
7. When you are done, go back to chrome://extensions and turn off “Developer mode”.
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1. Download the CRX extension file from the Voice Actions for Chrome project on GitHub: github.com/ZMYaro/chrom...
2. Open Chrome Extensions settings (chrome://extensions).
3. Use the switch at the top-right corner to turn on “Developer mode”.
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Update on this:

Google is now disabling the install button in the Chrome Web Store for some people. If that happens to you, you can still install Voice Actions for Chrome; they just make it more of a pain.

These are the steps to follow now:
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A panel in Chrome extension settings says, These extensions were turned off because they're no longer supported. Chrome recommends that you remove them. Learn more about supported extensions. The list includes Touch-Friendliness for Discord, Voice Actions for Chrome, and XKCD Hover Text. Select More actions → Keep for now.

A confirmation dialog says, Keep Voice Actions for Chrome? This extension is no longer supported. Chrome recommends that you remove it instead. Select Keep.

I am going to keep @chromevoiceactions.bsky.social and my other extensions on MV2 and test them on older Chromebooks for as long as Google lets me, and when Chrome tries to disable them, you manually reenable them at chrome://extensions. I hope this thread helps; thank you for understanding! (5/5)

If you have been getting warnings from Chrome that Voice Actions for Chrome is “no longer supported”, don't fret!

*Voice Actions for Chrome is still supported, and you can still use it!*

Here's what's going on:

A panel in Chrome extension settings says, These extensions were turned off because they're no longer supported. Chrome recommends that you remove them. Learn more about supported extensions. The list includes Touch-Friendliness for Discord, Voice Actions for Chrome, and XKCD Hover Text. Select More actions → Keep for now.

A confirmation dialog says, Keep Voice Actions for Chrome? This extension is no longer supported. Chrome recommends that you remove it instead. Select Keep.

Google Chrome has started telling people several of my extensions, including @chromevoiceactions.bsky.social, are “no longer supported”.

**This is extremely misleading—I still support them, and you can still use them!**

This is Google trying to force extension developers' hands:
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Hello Bluesky! Sorry to be joining you under such circumstances, but great to be here nonetheless!