Bing Video Helper

Bing Video Helper

Search results link directly to the source rather than the Bing Video Player.

What is Bing Video Helper?
"Bing Video Helper" is an Edge add-on designed to alter Bing video search results. Instead of directing you to the Bing video player, this extension allows you to access the video source directly. Also included is a handy feature enabling a right-click search on Bing video for an even more streamlined browsing experience.
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Stats
By: ambloem
Users: 1,219 ▲ 20
Rating: 4.40 (20)
Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2022-06-04)
Creation date: 2021-08-21
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • storage
Size: 19.30K
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Summary

This extension fixes Bing video search results so that they link directly to the source rather than to the Bing video player.

This extension also has an optional "right-click to search Bing video" feature.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Works well with Bing search result YouTube videos
  • Solves the problem of redirecting to YouTube instead of Bing video player
  • Simple and effective solution
Cons
  • Does not work on the videos from the video tab on Bing
  • Limited to bing.com/videos and not bing.com
  • Some users reported it stopped working
Most mentioned
  • Bing search result YouTube videos
  • Redirecting to YouTube
  • Simple and effective solution
Recent reviews
Works on the Videos that are on the main search page of Bing, but does not working on the videos from the video tab, so kinda useful but does not completely solve the terrible design choice Microsoft made.
by Peter, 2024-04-08

Seems to work well. Bing search result YouTube videos go straight to YouTube when clicked.
by Jesse, 2024-03-15

Flawless
by Francesco, 2022-04-30
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Safety
Risk impact

Bing Video Helper is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Bing Video Helper has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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