Better Lyrics is an extension for enhancing the YouTube Music experience, with the core goal of providing users with beautiful time-synced lyrics.
Purpose This extension is aimed at users who frequently listen to music on YouTube Music, addressing the shortcomings of the native lyrics experience by letting lyrics highlight and follow in real time along with song playback progress.
Main capabilities
- Time-synced lyrics: Lyrics highlight in sync with song playback progress, officially described as "beautiful time-synced lyrics."
- Click to jump: Users can click on lyrics to jump to any section of the song, enabling seamless navigation.
- Language and translation: Supports lyrics display in any language, and provides translation and transliteration features.
- Theme customization: Provides built-in themes and also supports user customization; the themes are officially said to be community-made; some themes use Better Lyrics Shaders to achieve dynamic visual effects.
- Lightweight and fast: It is officially described as lightweight and running smoothly, without affecting performance.
How to use Officially stated as requiring no setup (Zero Setup Required), it works out of the box, with smart default settings and is also fully customizable. Users need to install the extension in their browser, and then use it on YouTube Music.
Use cases Suitable for users who want a Spotify-style word-by-word synced lyrics experience, need lyric translation or transliteration, and want to personalize the appearance of YouTube Music.
Limitations The information does not provide specific details such as supported browser versions, installation methods, whether it is paid, lyric data sources, or the range of supported languages; none are currently provided.
