Compare Edge add-ons: Black Menu for Google™ vs Night Shift

Stats Black Menu for Google™ Black Menu for Google™ Night Shift Night Shift
User count 103,430 7,422
Average rating 4.70 4.30
Rating count 52 26
Last updated 2024-04-13 2020-01-16
Size 1.86M 105.64K
Version 25.37.2 1.0
Short description
The easiest access to the Google universe Night Shift automatically shifts the colors of your browser content to warmer end of the color spectrum after dark
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Black Menu for Google gives you quick access to your favorite Google services with a convenient drop-down menu that lets you use Search, Gmail, Translate, and many others without leaving the page you’re on. Click on menu items to get a small windowed preview or click on the open in new button on the right to open them in a new tab.

Customize the menu by pointing at ‘Add’ and dragging/clicking the services you want from a comprehensive list of services. To remove services, drag them to the right to remove them.

Access these and more with Black Menu for Google:

Google Search. Quickly search the web or switch tabs to search for images, books, news, etc.—all within the mini window.

Google Translate. Type or paste text into the box to get a quick translation for that comment you received in a foreign language. View your translate history and save your favorite ones.

Google Maps. Find the next restaurant to try out by using the mini map that has search, Street View, and layers for satellite, traffic, public transport and cycling.

YouTube. Watch popular videos or those recommended to you. Do a search and filter the results to find that one video you wanted to share. Sign in to find useful shortcuts at the bottom.

Google News. Read top news from your locale or any country you choose. Also browse sections like World, Business, Sci/Tech and Entertainment. Use search to find news about any topic.

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Night Shift automatically shifts the colors of your browser content to the warmer end of the color spectrum after dark ⚡ You need to refresh all the tabs, which were opened BEFORE the Night Shift was installed. You can also restart the Edge to refresh all the tabs at once. Otherwise, Night Shift will work only with the newly opened tabs.

⚡In accordance with the Edge Browser policies, Night Shift is restricted to work on the Microsoft Store and Home Page. Please open any other website (for example, google.com) after installing this extension and check the extension in action.


This tiny app changes the color temperature of the Edge tabs (entire content) towards the yellowish part of the color spectrum, that reduces some of the blue light from the screen, thus, an eye strain during night-time use, helping to reduce the disruption of sleep patterns. This helps to have a better overall night's sleep.

You can manually choose the shift from color presets, to pick up the most comfortable and calm atmosphere for your eyes during the night sessions or through the all day long.

Night Shift provides itself on a scheduled basis, you can choose from 3 options:

  1. Sunset to Sunrise (Edge colors will be shaded every day automatically on Sunset).
  2. Off (manually enable the Night Shift to shade the screen)
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